SNH: The Great Whore of Ardhasaig
Like a toothless, arthritic, bedridden, senile nonagenarian street-walker promising to give up The Game, the withdrawal of the objection by SNH to the turbines in North Harris is as meaningless as it is self-serving.
A Public Local Inquiry has been called BECAUSE SNH objected to a community windfarm, and now they withdraw the objection as a PLI has been called. Nonsense!
As primary scientific advisors to Government, it was always unclear how they could also actually be participants in the planning process, but now their strategy is clear.
It's now obvious -- withdraw the objection and then they can objectively advise Government,as they are no longer part of the process. Not just having your cake and eating it, but telling the baker how to bake it, get them to pay for the ingredients, then complaining about the quality and wanting to be the judge, jury and executioner.
The logic is now quite clear; in the minds of SNH facts are objective. The environment will only be 'damaged' as long as SNH object. Withdraw the objection, and the 'damage' is miraculously mitigated.
This, as you will remember, the organisation whose new environmentally friendly building in Inverness killed so many birds, that lights had to be burning all night to 'protect the environment'.
I used the term 'planning blight' to describe the impact of designations on the ability of communities in the Western Isles to expand. This is worse - it is malicious planning blight.
The Government must now cancel the PLI, allow the development, and kick SNH up the arse. Hard and frequently.
A Public Local Inquiry has been called BECAUSE SNH objected to a community windfarm, and now they withdraw the objection as a PLI has been called. Nonsense!
As primary scientific advisors to Government, it was always unclear how they could also actually be participants in the planning process, but now their strategy is clear.
It's now obvious -- withdraw the objection and then they can objectively advise Government,as they are no longer part of the process. Not just having your cake and eating it, but telling the baker how to bake it, get them to pay for the ingredients, then complaining about the quality and wanting to be the judge, jury and executioner.
The logic is now quite clear; in the minds of SNH facts are objective. The environment will only be 'damaged' as long as SNH object. Withdraw the objection, and the 'damage' is miraculously mitigated.
This, as you will remember, the organisation whose new environmentally friendly building in Inverness killed so many birds, that lights had to be burning all night to 'protect the environment'.
I used the term 'planning blight' to describe the impact of designations on the ability of communities in the Western Isles to expand. This is worse - it is malicious planning blight.
The Government must now cancel the PLI, allow the development, and kick SNH up the arse. Hard and frequently.
6 comments:
I really hate it when you beat about the bush and refuse to come to the point
There's usually very little left of a bush after you've done beating it. Erm, calling someone a whore, Angus? Phew.
What a load of mince, Angus! Have you been at that cooking sherry again?
A somewhat slanted view. For balance, it should be pointed out that SNH send out jolly nice Christmas cards every year. They aren't as bad as Mr Nicholson makes them out to be.
> Like a toothless, arthritic, bedridden, senile nonagenarian street-walker promising to give up The Game
Slightly disturbing. Did your wife query where exactly that stream of imagery came from?
silversprite - you call that only slightly disturbing?!
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