Labour may have won the general election by a landslide, but the results here in Wiltshire were somewhat more nuanced. Labour won in Swindon, while the Conservatives won some, and lost some. But the Liberal Democrats were the real newsmakers here, winning seats in newly created constituencies and existing ones.
I must admit to being somewhat relieved to see Conservative Brexiteer and solar opponent James Gray replaced by the climate-positive Dr Roz Savage, who went so far as to row solo across three oceans to raise awareness of environmental issues. Mr Gray can be praised for his public service across the decades but decried for his more blinkered views on renewables.
In a recent blog, Dr Savage outlined her vision for the constituency which would see a greater number of smaller, community energy-led solar projects which may be more palatable to residents than some of the proposals we’ve seen for sprawling solar parks. … Read the rest