The Scottish nationalists are no stranger to hypocrisy, as their latest U-turn shows. For on Thursday afternoon the Yousaf regime — the only government in the UK which boasts Green politicians — announced that it was, er, ditching its flagship green commitments. Yes, that’s right, amid a litany of stories about SNP sleaze, the government confirmed it was throwing in the towel on its its 2030 carbon target. At least they’re consistent in their inconsistency…
The ironically-named ‘wellbeing economy’ minister Màiri McAllan told Holyrood on Thursday that the Scottish government is abandoning its goal to cut carbon emissions by 75 per cent — but promised it will ‘pave the way for continued action’ on cutting carbon emissions. We’ll believe that when we see it…
SNP politicians are huffing and puffing that Scotland’s 2045 net zero target remains five years ahead of the UK goal, so what’s all the fuss about? Well, Mr S remembers that it wasn’t all that long ago that the Scottish government and SNP politicians across the country were lambasting the Prime Minister for his climate change U-turn – when Rishi Sunak pushed back the deadlines for the phasing out of petrol and diesel cars and gas boilers – last September.
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