Highlands vision
When Sir Keith Starmer outlined his hopes to “marvel at the continued allure of the Scottish Highlands” (Scotsman, 15 August) he was obviously unaware that the SNP plans to increase the wind farm capacity in Scotland to around 60GW which, with the requisite plethora of super-sized pylons, will desecrate the Flow Country of the North to provide energy for those living in the Central Belt, meaning the Labour leader will never fulfill such a vision.
In addition, as 60GW of windmills produce no energy if the wind fails to blow, why has he failed to challenge Humza Yousaf over the cost of a 25GW back-up generation system? Surely in a cost-of-living crisis one system should suffice to keep the lights on in Scotland, especially when the SNP have never explained why they need 60GW of windmills to meet a maximum system of about 20GW.
There is also a problem that, as the projected capacity of the interconnectors to England will only transfer 10GW, there is a deafening silence over the bill for Constraint Payments. Has the Labour leader agreed that English consumers will underwrite the bill for such costs?
Ian Moir, Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway
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