Nicola Sturgeon has slammed Boris Johnson for his "crass and deeply insensitive" joke about Margaret Thatcher shutting coal mines.
The Prime Minister is currently touring Scotland and made the quip after visiting the Moray East offshore windfarm where he discussed ending oil and gas exploration.Talking to reporters afterwards, he was pressed on whether he wanted to set a firm deadline to transition away from oil and gas.He said: “We understand the importance to the north-east of Scotland of the oil and gas industry."The contracts that have been signed should not be just be ripped up.
But we need to transition as fast as we reasonably can.”“Look at what we’ve done already. We’ve transitioned away from coal in my lifetime.
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