The parliament’s recognition of a climate emergency in 2019 was not matched by a step change in policy. Instead, timid piecemeal initiatives crowded out more ambitious ideas.

Even "immigration ranked as *a* top concern" would have been over egging it a bit. Health/NHS and cost of living far and away more significant

understanding-scotland.co.uk/report/under...

It’s there in Keir Starmer’s article in the Sun

The good news is: for full time employees the gender pay gap in Scotland is almost zero.

But for all employees the gap is still 9.2%. The difference is the jobs work men and women do (part time vs full time), with roots in the gender imbalance in childcare.

spice-spotlight.scot/earnings-in-...

According to Google, no one wrote it down before the 1990s.

books.google.com/ngrams/graph...

Ailsa Henderson’s polling finds voters in Scotland are far less angry than in England. This quote about nostalgia is really thought provoking…

www.thetimes.com/article/bdfc...

So what does growth from here to 2028 look like?

Here's a projection. Given we're at about 60,000, reaching 600,000 by 2028 needs a sustained growth rate of around *80%* per year.

Where do these numbers need to get to?

The UK government a while ago set a target for 600,000 per year, a number they're sticking with.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

How fast does the UK's heat pump market need to grow?
tldr: very.

Recent increases in heat pump installs are definitely going in the right direction.

(btw I've extrapolated installs to estimate how many heat pumps will be installed the rest of 2024)