GB Energy was always just a wet dream from some Labour policy writer. Full of ‘hints’ of promises, none of which will ever be achieved (or frankly were ever intended to be so). Meanwhile a lot of Scottish voters bought into that (and Grangemouth and Austerity)
People outside Scotland have told me that ‘Grangemouth’ sounds like a lovely place, whereas my mental image of #Grangemouth is:
“Just look at the assets. Access to the North Sea. A deep sea port. An effective grid connection. Infrastructure links to the northeast. A strategic location midway between Scotland’s two major cities. World-class universities. A skills pipeline for the future.”
Somebody must have pointed to a map and showed him where Grangemouth is.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24956661.keir-starmer-pledges-200-million-grangemouth/
If you missed this evening's #Scotlandat7 with Olivia Ryan Cairns and Greg McCarra discussing the latest Scottish and international news, including updates from #Ukraine, #Gaza and the @ScotGovFM's statement on #Grangemouth, it is on catch-up now.
www.broadcastingscotland.scot/scotland-at-...
Scotland at 7 - 18/02/2025 - B...
Gawd. Labour are very cheap to buy - even the Tories (and in that little nasty coterie, the Hamilton's) asked for more money.
LABOUR have been presented with a "hospitality season ticket” for Manchester United after pledging £1 billion to INEOS chairman Jim Ratcliffe to redevelop Old Trafford while he closes the refinery.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24932901.labour-get-season-ticket-backing-man-u-scottish-workers/
Grangemouth, Labour, Lies and Labour
This need to be continuously repeated to the next elections (Holyrood - and if it is necessary - I hope not), Westminster. Labout lied to win - they did not even finesse their lies, there is no doubt they lied and lied and lied continuously. And unlike Holyrood they can and will 'fart in our faces' when called out about it.
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24920014.bbc-take-note-hold-labour-account/
Ouch!
Labour's chief in North Britain handed a dull yin.
The Scale of the Problem
A few photos from around Grangemouth oil refinery and related works.
Just looking at the flame burning atop one of the release vents as the merest indicator of how much CO2 pollution the site emits, I'll not be sad to see the whole place close next year.
The environment for all comes before jobs for a few.
First the pensioners, now Grangemouth. Labour only answers to the likes of Rupert Murdoch.
The magnificent 30m high Kelpies, the world's largest equine sculptures, created in 2013 by Andy Scott and standing close to the Forth and Clyde Canal and the M9 motorway on the edge of Grangemouth. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/kelpies/index.html
https://youtu.be/e0f-gwU5dhI?si=UlZ36jwppLHL0gdN
La meva #CançóDelDia per al dijous 4 de juliol és aquesta de l'#ElizabethFraser #Grangemouth #DreamPop #PostPunk 
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Hanging out at Scottish East District League athletics in Grangemouth today, waiting for discus to start. Might be the last year here as Grangemouth stadium (like many other Scottish sporting facilities) is threatened with closure.
Finally ran up Webster Avenue for the view across to Grangemouth and home. Realistically there's one more day I can go for a run here before we move out of the house, but that'll do me, lovely day for it. #Carron #grangemouth
It’s ok to be a green and also to feel gutted for the workers and residents of #Grangemouth. This will be locally devastating.
The closure of #Grangemouth would further reduce #refining capacity in the UK.
As refining has been (in the past) a particular bottleneck in #petrol supply, the move for it to become an import processing plant for #LNG and also to some extent an exporter of LNG-derivitives, may shift the landscape of #energy distribution in the UK.
The Q. is whether this is a problem for 'energy security', a welcome kick towards the transition to #electricvehicles or just the consequence of foreign ownership?
Only been to Grangemouth once and first impression was that is was obvious how much funding from the chemical and oil refinery went into the local community and now the refinery is to cease operations. Transition time for Grangemouth. #Grangemouth #Scotland
#Aberdeen and indeed #Grangemouth and other Scottish communities shackled to oil could learn a lot from this example. Everyone in Aberdeen knows oil is dead, but how do we agree on a just transition to #actualZero ?
Climate Camp wraps up after Ineos confrontation
Following well-organised protests at the site of Scotland's biggest polluter the camp at Kinneil, Grangemouth has been tidied away and legal support is now ongoing for nine people who were detained over the weekend.
The camp was sited just a mile away from Ineos' headquarters to the east of Grangemouth, a
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/07/19/climate-camp-wraps-up-after-ineos-confrontation/
#ClimateCamp #Grangemouth #Ineos #Oil #Scotland
Gas fired power station that powers #Grangemouth refinery occupied by #ClimateCamp protesters. https://www.climatecampscotland.com/post/scotland-s-biggest-polluter-occupied-press-release
Great talk by Leonidas Iza, president of the Ecuadorean Confederation of I digenous Nation's, at the #ClimateCamp near #Grangemouth in Scotland. Really spot-on on #ClumateJustice and the profound changes humanity has to 7ndergo in order to survive. Also promoting the vote in the coming referendum to save #Yasuní national park, a truly astounding hub of #biodiversity from extractivist devastation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Iza
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