The comments came on the General Election campaign trail, with Swinney visiting a renewable energy company in Leith with local MP Deidre Brock after being forced to abandon the formal announcement of a £5 million funding package for the Scottish islands due to bad weather earlier in the day.leader was due to make the announcement during a visit to Shetland on Friday but had to cancel because his scheduled flight could not land in cloudy conditions.
“That is more than just yet another U-turn from a Labour party seeking to mirror Tory policies at every turn – it is a dereliction of duty that would hold Scotland’s economy back for decades to come,” he said. “Scotland’s abundant natural resources have bankrolled successive UK Governments for generations – at this General Election, Scotland can unite and say that the benefits of Scotland’s energy must be felt in Scotland rather than being squandered by Labour or the Tories.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.