SNP and Tories have nothing but excuses for Bifab workers
Responding to the statement issued this evening by the Scottish and UK Governments regarding Bifab, Scottish Greens Energy Spokesperson and Fife MSP Mark Ruskell said:
“When it comes to the future of jobs at Bifab the SNP and the Tories have nothing to offer but excuses.
“Time and again we’re told that state aid rules are the reason that the Scottish Government cannot take a greater stake in the company, yet we know that other European countries strategically invest in the energy market all the time.
“If Scotland is to benefit from our enormous renewable energy potential, we need to see bolder action from government. We need to see state interventions in the way other countries are completely comfortable with.
“We have the skills, the expertise and the technology to build a greener Scotland. That makes the unwillingness of government ministers to act on previous promises made to workers in Fife and Lewis all the more depressing.”