Points like this always remind me of the guy who moved to Ness and said it was because of the number of immigrants down south and they “couldn’t even speak the language”.
Irony bypass when I asked “Ciamar a tha do Ghàidhlig fhèin?”
Topically, BBC radio news reports today that energy companies were sitting on *£8.1 billion* in customer credit balances in the first 3 months of the year.
Do the maths: at current interest rates that equates to a £500 million per yr subsidy of the energy companies, by consumers
@kmacraeplockton@BlackIslePMD When I left school (The Nicolson Institute, Stornoway) in 1980, the pupil population was around 6800. When I stopped working for Comhairle nan Eilean's Education Dept in 2014 it was around 3500.
A 50% drop in a generation.
25 years since former PM Tony Blair officially opened Scalpay Bridge.
Big changes since then.
Drochaid Scalpaigh.
'Nùll th'ar an linne'.
#scalpay#outerhebrides#bridges
🚢 @StornowayPort chief details hopes of big uplift in work from tourism and renewables sectors
MONDAY INTERVIEW
✍ @ScottWWright
https://t.co/4bXp7pjhUL