Michael Shanks: “Sadly Scotland is missing out on the enormous economic and energy security potential”

The Games show what is possible when we build the clean power Britain needs, and we're making great progress.

Scotland will end up being reliant on nuclear being imported from other parts of the UK on days where there's low wind.

This misunderstands the risks those working in politics face.

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…