We respect the devolution settlement. The Scottish government has a view on not approving planning applications for new nuclear. We are not in the business of riding roughshod over that, but I am not going to stop making the case for the fact that Scotland is missing out.
Acknowledging the Scottish Government's stance on nuclear power.
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sadly Scotland is missing out on the enormous economic and energy security potential
the Labour government is delivering a golden age of nuclear in England and Wales
I totally accept that people might not like that, but it is critical national infrastructure and it has to be built somewhere.
To be clear: there was no threat to the wider grid and nobody lost power. We have one of the most resilient energy systems in the world.
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