As wildfire approaches Suffolk nuclear power station, the heatwave starts to shut down nuclear power across Europe and Scottish Labour’s strategy ‘goes up in flames’
Thanks to Frances McKie for alerting us to this. Electricité de France (EDF) shut down the Golfech-2 nuclear reactor in southern France amid a heat wave pushing temperatures toward 40°C in parts of Europe. This is the latest in a record number of heat-related outages for France’s nuclear fleet this summer, reducing output from a key part of Europe’s electricity system. EDF also warned that the Tricastin plant could face production cuts overnight due to high river temperatures limiting cooling. Many French nuclear plants use river water for cooling and discharge warmer water back into the rivers. Environmental rules restrict … Continue reading As wildfire approaches Suffolk nuclear power station, the heatwave starts to shut down nuclear power across Europe and Scottish Labour’s strategy ‘goes up in flames’
As Labour’s Joani Reid MP sneaks back in under a media fog a reminder of what she is
As media today try to blame SNP for wildfires, how they have increased firefighter numbers despite falling numbers of fires overall
Reposted as media headline a prison video in a desperate effort to fan the dying embers of a youth violence moral panic
Prisons in England and Wales with only half the probation officers, releasing twice as many and having to recall twelve times as many prisoners, proportionally, as in Scotland
Thanks to Dottie for alerting us to this. From the Parole Board for Scotland Annual Report 2024/2025 (2025/2026 not yet released), 2 386 prisoners were released. Of these, 282 were recalled to prison within 12 months, an 11.8% recidivism rate overall. https://scottishparoleboard.scot/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Annual-Report-2024-2025.pdf All things being equal in terms of influencing facts such as the availability of social rent housing and access to probation supervision staff, you might expect the figure for England and Wales to be around 12 times higher – 28 632 and 3 384. However, according to Offender management statistics quarterly: October to December 2024, the the number … Continue reading Prisons in England and Wales with only half the probation officers, releasing twice as many and having to recall twelve times as many prisoners, proportionally, as in Scotland
The supposed £22m SNP tax blunder is not true but Labour’s £48 billion tax avoidance scandal is
Now this Suffolk wildfire only 3 miles away, across a tinder-dry nature reserve already alight, and upwind of a nuclear power station could really be apocalyptic but no one is using that word other than in BBC Scotland’s fire frenzy
The wildfire at Dunwich Heath is in an area of coastal lowland just south of the village of Dunwich in Suffolk. It is about 25 miles (40km) north-east from the county town of Ipswich but less than 3 miles from Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station. The sites are separated by the Minsmere nature reserve area, with Sizewell B (and the adjacent Sizewell A/C sites) to the south. The Minismere area was in drought conditions and is being evacuated as the fire has already spread to it. Winds are currently coming from the north-west. Does ‘apocalyptic’ seem a reasonable description for … Continue reading Now this Suffolk wildfire only 3 miles away, across a tinder-dry nature reserve already alight, and upwind of a nuclear power station could really be apocalyptic but no one is using that word other than in BBC Scotland’s fire frenzy
How the ‘SNP’s £22m tax blunder’ is not certain but PM Andy Burnham’s up to £48bn tax avoidance is
From reader derekscott1953, the above, and: A rounding error, possibly, if people bother to read the Dan Neidle report. An earlier Dan Neidle report drew attention to the billions (not a mere £22m) being lost annually to the UK through tax evasion. From How Andy Burnham could raise £15bn – without a tax rise, published 1 July 2026: It’s the UK’s biggest and least discussed tax problem. There’s between £30bn and £48bn missing from each year’s small business tax bills. It’s been getting worse – and nobody knows why. There’s no other issue where so much money is at stake but so … Continue reading How the ‘SNP’s £22m tax blunder’ is not certain but PM Andy Burnham’s up to £48bn tax avoidance is
The 'Unstoppable' Talking-up Scotland 