Short term only

At the moment, anything that reduces the amount of carbon entering the atmosphere is the priority. New nuclear power stations should not be built but exiting ones should continue, as long as they are safe. Wind, solar and other sustainable energy projects should be pushed and encouraged from all levels of government.

Nuclear Power is the guest you invite in easily...but cannot get rid of with the same ease at the end of the day

too dangerous

Nuclear is leaving our descendants to clean up the mess and the danger of used plutonium, we can have re-usable power tidal wind and wave with the Hydro system to back it all up.

Until we can develop reliable means of storing renewable energy, we need a fallback base-load generation technology. Existing nuclear reactors should have lives extended until this happens, but new ones should not be built.

with the ageing process making this type of energy dangerous for future generations it is better for the industry to go into solar and in some places, wave power conversion. even wind is a risk with pylons cracking and having to be replaced earlier than envisioned. cutting corners in the energy industry is not a good strategy. every house that is not a listed property should have some form of solar power capability, even those not facing the sun directly

They should always be given several sides to each position, thus enabling free, informed, personal opinions.

Surely getting a helping hand from old Ma Nature is a better thing to do than man-made intervention?

In this, as in a whole lot else, let's work to democratise this society by arguing for Joe Public to be accorded open access to the facts of the matter via unslanted reporting and publication; let's hear what a well informed Public Voice sounds like once it feels involved and confident enough to enter

cleaner fish are specialists at cleaning other bigger fish. they have adapted to that role and there are a large number of these in the sea that do this role. some work on salmon, some on whales. they come in all sizes but they help keep the fish, whales and sharks they live close to, healthy and infection clear. removing them would make conditions worse.

a better way to deal with this welfare issue is to have the fish in larger areas so they have more room.

I don't have a lot of money

Cos it's great fer the razz

Undecided

Definitely nowt to do with proximity

Corporate lobbyists should have precisely no advantages over the man or woman on the Achenshuggle omnibus.

Outdated, over-privileged, unaccountable political charade.

They are just not worth it!

there should be a bill sent and not just for this year but for the time from the start of this assistance. public money should not be assisting rich private firms in any way.

Is this a way to deal in arms without a minister of defense?

Coul Links

Look at the salmon industry; look at golf courses; look at oil rig demolition... #WeNeedToTalkAboutFergus

The presumption in favour of development is allowing planning departments to ignore community concerns and tipping the balance in favour of developments

big land owners have long flouted the law on killing birds of prey, also collectively known as raptors. more needs to be done to protect all indigenous wildlife. this should include the escalation of the war against the grey squirrel as this is killing off the indigenous reds.

this is yet another propaganda avenue for those who could not care less for the ordinary citizens of this country

there are questions on this that need answers before it can be answered truthfully. the biggest one is about the waste itself.. do we have a may of either containing it or destroying it. if not then, do the australians have a safe containment or destruction system. if they have and we do not then yes, if they want it. however we need to think seriously about the future of this waste growth. we need a way to dispose of it safely not just store for generations after ours to try to deal with.

So much of industry is foreign owned does this have any influence on the product? Is it of a inferior quality because of foreign ownership? The industry is in Scotland so what is the problem? Labelling as foreign owned is discrimination.

we have supermarket brands selling salmon from a loch that is non existent

The Human Rights of Chinese muslim minorities are being denied while we are accepting soft propaganda.

We as a nation must set an example.

We are getting far better at renewables and energy storage, time to get rid of this costly risk

Renewables are ready

Nuclear power has the unfortunate problem of a waste product they just keeps giving! We are just passing the waste issue on to our children. Wind works

they say they have dealt with the cracks found but what of those not found. how sturdy is a patch against the rigours of use that caused the cracks in the first place.

Until there is a safe disposal method we should not generate nuclear power.

We must make our country safe.

Too much knee-jerk opinion from those not acquainted with the industry from the inside. Example: Flaring is a safety issue, not a commercial choice.

Any new proposals to utilise fossil fuels for anything other than benign use should be made illegal.

If it takes the MOD 40 years to even begin the process of disposal, what rational government would allow them to add more nuclear submarines to their stockpile.

Trying to change vote because I didn't read the question properly but it's still showing my old response

depends very much on what the changes would be.

Trying to change vote because I didn't read the question properly but it's still showing my old response

Trying to change vote because I didn't read the question properly but it's still showing my old response

Trying to change vote because I didn't read the question properly but it's still showing my old response

Sadly, they don't seem to be too keen to ruffle the feathers of big farming or fishing industry!

Did the 2sisters chicken factory repay the grant of £500,000 they received from Scottish Enterprise?

Yes if done in a fair way

You don't change folks by rewarding them for their bad behaviour...unless you are a Tory

Companies should NOT be rewarded in any form, for poor track records in working conditions and pay

Why should they profit from poor working conditions and low pay while their staff starve

Government should be making every effort to improve working conditions for everyone as well as encouraging decent wages. After all, the more workers earn, the more tax revenue gained by government to invest in projects to make life better for everyone.

Yes, if the financial support is conditional (through binding contract) in a way that forces a proportional switch from such companies own current expenditure from arms to alternative products/services. Such companies are likely only to be profit-motivated - help them to continue to profit in a manner constructive to society and in a way that generates good publicity rather than hostility.

Amazed that this need to be questioned. Anyone promoting hate speech is a danger to peaceful society. Normal discourse and debate is the way to pursue a case for or against something.

Its horrible..

there is a proviso on my vote .. any false claims should also be banned also

Salmon farming, trawling and dredging, causing West Coast ecological collapse

Environmental sociology is a big topic. One for my thesis. Using injustice in the far north of Scotland as an example.

1. NHS in Scotland . Ranked 4. Perhaps pick up distorted BBC Scotland coverage
2. Land ownership . Ranked 3
3. Welfare cuts. Ranked 2 equal
   
4. Financial accountability . Ranked 2 equal.
5. I would have climate change as Number 1. The Ferret has been doing excellent work on this and tying up links between industry, energy, regulatory agencies and activities of all major parties other than Greens on failing to tackle the issue.

The real story about the Scottish Education system stripped of the party political rhetoric?

The increasing, and serious failure, of British politicians, to represent the actual interests of their constituents; with this failure leading to the ignoring of their actual needs, in favour of party-political ideologies, and to dysfunctional efforts to remain in political office, instead.

Economic interdependencies within the academic sector - eg student housing: City Region Deals - who is making the decisions and how?: Land reform - the idiots guide: what is the future of non-statutory activity at local authority level....a few starters

The scandal of how the volume house builders are ripping everyone off - building at low density in the green-belt (wasting Scottish land & ignoring community views); without any EIA’s; to lowest space standards in EU; with loads of snagging; non-adoption; overloading adjoining drainage; “fleecehold” factoring arrangements; paying zero VAT and using “Help2Buy” to increase sale prices (=bigger dividends); and then they’re wining & dining politicians & being praised for helping housing numbers!!

All of the topics are ones that I would support but land ownership and development is the big one. I would like to see more investigation of how planning decisions are made at local council level and how communities are often bypassed in the process. Mistakes are too frequent, as is deliberate misdirection.

The 5G rollout in Scotland (and the rest of the UK) without consultation, information or up to date safety testing on this technology for the environment generally and human health. Other cities in Europe are using the EU precautionary Principle to halt the 5G rollout in those places. Why is there so little questioning about this untested technology? Yes id like the Ferret to in depth research and fact check this matter.

Land ownership because it's relatively under-researched compared with the other topics, and is fundamental to many other issues.

The planning system - weighted in favour of big private developers & riding roughshod over communities. The next stage of the Planning bill is coming up soon - and it' s not going to improve anything.
Councillors are asked to make decisions on applications & we've witnessed them being given misleading information by the Head of Planning - regarding school places; traffic problems & flood risk

Following the damaging findings of the ECCLR & REC Committees wrt salmon farming should not the current outdated 'presumption in favour' be dropped from council planning applications? Currently under the present scheme despite proven damage to the environment applications generally go through without any REAL consideration. The relevant agencies, namely SNH & SEPA, and Marine Scotland are implicit within the system making it almost impossible to raise valid counter issues. Agenda 21 People!

GERS figures - are they as misleading as nationalists suggest?

Who is funding The Brexit Party? The Brexit Party is only allowing donations of less than £50 in order to avoid scrutiny of donations. Is there a way to get information of donations from Paypal?

We need to over haul the present system completely . We need to look at bio regions. We need to look as the planet as a complete entity with humans as this annoying plague upon her. We need to world wide design a way of healing waters and land. We need to nurture nature . We need to be emphatic to all people un able to land upon a shore. We need to create spaces for everyone of us with an understanding of landscape and community. We need to restore the lands devastated by war . Empathy.

Also, Babcocks

I feel land ownership is an issue that has been barely touched / isn’t in the public’s knowledge.

Environmental issues as these impact on the economy, on social well being , on Public health including the NHS and on housing ( when the southeast of England and parts of Scotland flood with the rising seas

Birth certificate fraud is thee biggest fraud against all common and indigenous peoples throughout the alleged commonwealth now and throughout his story! Will you guys be the ones to blow the lid on this. This mass scale fraud is precisely the reason behind *all the other topics your claiming to be considering to investigate! Reveal the truth the facts about birth certificate fraud and all the other bad stuff created by both organised religious and entire legal systems will collapse!

Environmental catastrophic failure looms can we reverse ,?

Funding of the Brexit party for EU elections, and where is the funding coming from for a potential General Election should it occur.

Look at the FlamingoLand & ScottishEnterprise joint planning application proposal for LochLomond -

I think we need to keep pressure on land ownership and show how skewed everything seems to be in their favour and to maintain the status quo for their benefit. For example I'd like to know, as a tax payer, if I'm funding the firefighters to go out and put out moor fires that get out of control when set by gamekeepers. How much does this cost and are the estates charged. I remember the hospital used to get charged if firealarms were set off by toasters in the kitchens in the nurses homes.

Flamingo land at Loch Lomand - #FlamingoLand & ScottishEnterprise joint planning application proposal for #LochLomond

The proposed #Flamingoland development at #LochLomond needs investigating urgently. It feels to me like something in the background is very wrong, and local people are being ignored when we raise objections and concerns on all matters to do with it. Please help #SaveLochLomond

Flamingo land Loch Lomond

Flamingo Land planning permission at LochLomond, which Scotebt is about to sell to developers w a £1.8m loss plus destroying a beautiful area of Scotland in a National Park

Flamingo land and Scottish Enterprise

The potential for altering the outcome of a vote (electoral fraud) which exists in the present, non-transparent and non-accountable practices of private electoral 'management' companies such as Idox.

Loch lomond sale at vastly reduced price for a theme park?

Hi, could you look into the joint planning application for Flamingoland at Loch Lomond

Been there and there is not enough money to cover fixed costs. i.e utilities, council tax, food,

Flamingoland Loch Lomond

Could you please investigate the shady Flamingoland deal with Scottish Enterprise and Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park Authority. There's the fact SE paid £2 million for the land but say it is now only worth £200k. The development also does not seem in keeping with the park's own Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) and Trees & Woodland Strategy.
https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/park-authority/publications/wild-park-2020-biodiversity-action-plan/

Child Trafficking by Social Services

The sale of the land by Scottish Enterprise at Loch Lomond... as a matter of urgency please before the planning decision!

Loch Lomond

The far left

You should investigate half truths as told all Politicians and the Media. give us the full facts on todays major issues

Privatisation of the Scottish NHS and the influence of IHI Boston MA

1 FOI - minister non compliance/obstructing FOISA
2 Private sector government loans - FMEL £45m loans, no accounts, no ships until ?2021
3. NHS - delayed discharges (1430 beds blocked daily). Why is this a systemic problem
4. Attainment gap is it really closing ... or is it widening? Is it measurable? And why. MD20 first degree entry rates.
5. Why is the fiscal gap in devolved taxation a deficit? Impact on public services.
6. Third sector 6 figure pay desirable or immoral

Especially Loch Lomond Flamingoland robbery

Police Scotland Why are there only two shifts dealing with sexual abuse for Glasgow? Problem with theft internally officers stealing each others kit? Culture of bullying and victimisation? Why was House able to have a media ban on his homosexuality? Why are new officers told in training not to post pictures of them in uniform on their social media? What are the systemic problems which we only see popping out in issues of damage in detention, not taking online or in person stalking seriously? etc

The Ferret has done great stuff on PFI and NPD previously. I think it'd be great to look at it again, but from the perspective of what can we do, if anything, to get rid of this ongoing burden on our public services. Some folk have talked about using the concept of 'odious debt'? Could that be tested in the Scottish courts? What are we paying out in NPD schemes? Could we buy the contracts out? If not, why not?

SAVE LOCH LOMOND FROM UNSCRUPULOUS DEVELOPERS. THIS IS A NATIONAL PARK AND MUST NOT BE SOLD OFF

There appears to be holes where management of the system allows seekers to fall through, I think this is because the staff are inadequately trained and therefore uncaring (jobsworth attitude) I do realise this is a difficult subject. A proper caring attitude without the police type of being a fiddler on the take till proved innocent would help. A minefield but we should care for all this country is made of immigrants and has been for thousands of years just remember that (the whole of the uk)

This claim by Jo Swinson about schools attainment suggesting poorer areas do worse https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17677709.jo-sinson-libdem-mp-slammed-for-misleading-figures-on-glasgow-schools-attainment-gap/

the animal welfare issue would be a central aspect of the use of land by large landowners. I would suggest the link with raptor killings and the stifling of biodiversity to maintain grouse and deer primacy for shooting estates is a topic that needs exposing.

Ineos (investigate with SEPA the number and type of environmental infractions in light of recent plastics story); Police Scotland (the ongoing use of RIPA, full disclosure of usage); MSPs expenses (fully itemised so the public can be aware of what their MSPs claim for).

This was close between land ownership and welfare but had to go for the latter purely out of self-interest

I think the role of big NGOs and wealthy 'philanthropic' owners, sprich - Povlsen, should also be investigated including their dubious claims of being community-minded.

As well as how is intrinsically link to migration and race

As we venture from one political earthquake to the next; the US trade deal looms over the United Kingdom when it is at its most polarised. I would be interested in monitoring the well being of the SNHS through this difficult time, and the political manoeuvres that threaten the future of one of our most vital assets.

5G rollout in Glasgow (radiation effects extremely bad). The number of air bnb/party flats in Edinburgh & Glasgow. Cities focusing on selling off to tourists rather than supporting permanent occupants of their cities. The percentage of Scottish students enrolled to top Scottish Universities ( GSA, ECA, UoE) in comparison to English & International students. Heard it was only 12.5% Scottish. This is unfair.

The relationship between many of the biggrst amd most irresponsible corporate players and public bodies is worth a lot more exploration.

Hate to see NHS get critised - it's a tough gig. However woukd like to see invedtigation on mental health service provision, how charities are shoring up public mental health services with very little funding. E.g to people realise Rape Crisis is charity, with support provided by qualified volunteers (pro bono) etc. Just one of many examples . Thank you.

An investigation into public funded charities and their misuse of finances. The process from application, receipt and verification/audit is non existent and charities know this. Public money ends up paying ghost salaries. Now common practice. Example: apply to Aspiring Communities with false information, obtain over 90k in funding, provide further false info to release funding, operate on a cash only business and don't bank takings, declare further financial hardships. A common cycle

IMO biggest gap in affairs of Scotland affecting so many areas of life.

Glasgow City Council failing in its homeless statutory duties. Making cuts at the same time.

Prisoners should not be deprived of the ability to think for themselves and exercise critical judgment. Enfranchisement could also help in their rehabilitation by encouraging an interest in both local, national and international events. Our prisons are in crisis, and the views of inmates could be critical in helping replace the current punitive system with an effective rehabilitative model.

Those who have not used violence and not been a persistent public nuisance, should have voting rights, as a possible inducement to behave more responsibly.

It is a sick society in which the prison population is so large that its votes might swing an election!

How will we ever achieve reform of the prison system if the people most affected have no say?

there are a lot more things to deal with than putting up outdated wind farms. there needs to be a bigger change if scotland is to make a mark in the climate debate

Keep them away from the trough long enough before they take unfair advantage

I actually think this practice should be banned outright as it includes so few and excludes virtually the entire electorate, not very democratic therefore either in principle or practice.

A obvious conflict of interest

The cooling off period should be at least 5 years

Evidence of sea bed pollution and infestations in wild salmon

The fish farming industry need to get its house in order - getting away with murder

I am disgusted with the laxity of the Scottish Government over the control of the management of fish farms, with the shooting of Seals and other creatures; the pollution to the sea lochs; the lice infestation; the toxic substances used; hybridisation of wild salmon with fish farm stock escapes. Also, the role of the Scottish Environment Ministry leaves a lot to be desired. Justification for this industry seems to be dictated by its contribution to the Scottish economy, with its low paid jobs.

No - but there needs to be tighter regulation of the industry [especially for dogs having reached the end of their 'career']

"Have the courage of your conviction"

It would give opponents leverage to interfere.

We don’t need such dirty technology to extract gas anyway it’s the yanks that are driving this and that’s enough to say No Way.

Of course!

They know what they are doing - and what they are doing is not allowing fracking.

MSPs should stand firmly behind the principles of their constituents - not hedging their bets. In the Highlands we know the planning process doesn't even protect Culloden and the politicians in Holyrood are apt to override these anyway when it suits them for a range of bizarre reasons.

These power plants leave danger for future generations.

We need backup - the wind will not stop lights going out when it's very cold and very still.

The dangerous legacy they leave to future generations far outweighs their contribution to cleaner energy.