Nicola Sturgeon slams 'insensitive' Boris Johnson after Margaret Thatcher closing coal mines joke

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East Ayrshire Council, said that even the best part of four decades on from the Miners’ Strike, the communities still feel the pain that saw New Cumnock reduced to a shell of its former glory.So the Prime Minister's quip to Scottish journalists that ‘thanks to Margaret Thatcher, who closed so many coal mines across the country, we had a big early start and we're now moving rapidly away from coal altogether’, was met with real anger.Cllr McMahon, who was one of many who took part in and was arrested on the picket lines in 1984, said: “The contempt that he has treated the coal mining communities is beyond me.”“I despised Margaret Thatcher and everything she stood for.

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Thatcher made a “big early start” to tackling climate change when she closed so many mines. Speaking to journalists, Johnson was speaking about the environment and whether a timetable should be set for ending oil and gas exploration.He responded: “Look at what we’ve done already.

Prime Minister said it was “thanks” to Margaret Thatcher the mines were shut and chuckled as he said it during a two-day visit to Scotland. He claimed that the former PM had given the UK an " early star t" in the shift away from fossil fuels by closing pits.

Margaret Thatcher the mines closed and chuckled as he said it. Ex Labour MSP Neil Findlay said: “Boris Johnson finding the plight of the industrial communities that were decimated by Thatcher’s assault amusing tells you everything you need to know about his mentality."Johnson is in Scotland this week to talk up the UK's work on climate change on the eve of Glasgow hosting cop26.At a media briefing, he was asked about setting a timetable for ending oil and gas exploration.He responded: “Look at what we’ve done already.

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covid pandemic. The Tory Prime Minister wants to focus on getting as many people across the country vaccinated as possible in order to allow for a full economic recovery.

Labour Party leader made separate visits to Scotland yesterday and will continue their tours today. Both leaders will tour renewable energy projects three months ahead of the international climate gathering.Global leaders will attend the summit, to be held from October 31 to November 12, in what is seen as a critical moment for the future of the planet.

Nicola Sturgeon. The First Minister wrote to Johnson earlier this week inviting him to Bute House in Edinburgh to discuss covid pandemic recovery.

Labour leader made it clear he is willing to talk with Sturgeon on anything but the independence question. In a Daily Record interview the Starmer accused the SNP of a “huge failure on the climate crisis”, saying that only one in 20 of the offshore wind jobs the Scottish government promised a decade ago have actually materialised.