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That is a really powerful way for the public sector to support the private sector and to give it a leg up, because we are often operating with very small profit margins.
Flying is a problem for our carbon footprint but, if people fly directly into Scotland rather than via London hubs, less carbon will be emitted, because the leg of the journey from London to Scotland will not be required.
All of us can probably remember things going on in our own school days, such as someone pulling the legs off spiders in the schoolyard. We look back on such things with horror and think, “How could that have happened?”
Again, when it comes to responsible governance, the Tories right now do not have a leg to stand on. The responsible thing in government would have been to make good on the commitment to open the hospital on time in 2012.
Common sense would say, as Sony has invested probably £7 million in it, it is leaving a great legacy and the guy has had a fantastic leg-up to continue as a studio—and so he should.
We sometimes get news of it but only anecdotally, and, unfortunately, rumours grow legs and arms and become exaggerated by the time that they get to the 10th person—and we might be the 10th person.
As part of my role, I make a point of attending all those events, although I did not make it to the Moy game fair, purely because I managed to injure my leg the week before and I could not walk.
We had a case on Deeside where a large-scale release of red-legged partridges caused damage to important lower plant species—bryophytes—outwith the protected site, although we resolved the situation by agreement.