The Met Office issued a scary Yellow Wind Warning for most of Scotland on December 30th and New Year’s Eve, so Edinburgh Labour council leader Jane Meagher decided she would cancel Hogmanay celebrations because of ‘severe weather’ and the threat to public safety.
I'm sick of all these yellow, amber and red warnings. It seems that any change in the weather now warrents a warning. It was a bit blustery over the New Year, but nothing to get excited about.
London went ahad with their festivities, and I don't think the weather was much different there from Edinburgh's.
There shouldn’t be anything to cancel because local councils have no business to be staging fireworks etc (the modern bread & circuses) on the public purse anyway. When did this nonsense start?
New Year celebrations are things for people to get on and do in their own way together, some organised, some spontaneous. And I hope they all made up their own minds about the weather and went out and did them anyway.
I completely agree with your view of what happened in Edinburgh. I've been at loads of Hogmanay nights in Princess street when it was chucking it down and windy but we just got on with it.
Unfortunately the climate emergency is only just getting started as a way to control society. Here is a cracking Substack which explains how whole communities are evicted from their land as the insurance company models are predicting the area is too expensive to underwrite. Frightening.
I fear this could happen in rural areas of Scotland in the future as the government runs out of money. Especially if they need new ferries🤦♂️🤦♂️
Sadly, the Met Office is now heavily influenced by politics too. They are no longer science based, as with so many other leftist institutions. This cancellation wheeze may have been a set-up between the MO and government, because large crowds = disorder and trouble and police overtime .... although it was an excellent opportunity missed to knock some undeserving heads together.
By the way, somebody should tell Nanny to get an image consultant because she looks pretty sh** in that photograph. Not 'relatable', just sh**.
I'm sick of all these yellow, amber and red warnings. It seems that any change in the weather now warrents a warning. It was a bit blustery over the New Year, but nothing to get excited about.
London went ahad with their festivities, and I don't think the weather was much different there from Edinburgh's.
Unsurprisingly, she's now issued another Lockdown, as there's a Yellow Warning of Darkness overnight.
There shouldn’t be anything to cancel because local councils have no business to be staging fireworks etc (the modern bread & circuses) on the public purse anyway. When did this nonsense start?
New Year celebrations are things for people to get on and do in their own way together, some organised, some spontaneous. And I hope they all made up their own minds about the weather and went out and did them anyway.
I hope that the people in Edinburgh just ignored the pathetic little tyrant and partied like she didn't matter.
I completely agree with your view of what happened in Edinburgh. I've been at loads of Hogmanay nights in Princess street when it was chucking it down and windy but we just got on with it.
Unfortunately the climate emergency is only just getting started as a way to control society. Here is a cracking Substack which explains how whole communities are evicted from their land as the insurance company models are predicting the area is too expensive to underwrite. Frightening.
I fear this could happen in rural areas of Scotland in the future as the government runs out of money. Especially if they need new ferries🤦♂️🤦♂️
https://open.substack.com/pub/kate739/p/managed-retreat-nsw-australia?r=1h13qy&utm_medium=ios
Sadly, the Met Office is now heavily influenced by politics too. They are no longer science based, as with so many other leftist institutions. This cancellation wheeze may have been a set-up between the MO and government, because large crowds = disorder and trouble and police overtime .... although it was an excellent opportunity missed to knock some undeserving heads together.
By the way, somebody should tell Nanny to get an image consultant because she looks pretty sh** in that photograph. Not 'relatable', just sh**.