David Bol
@davidbol.bsky.social
✍️Journalist - Deputy Political Editor
📰The Scotsman @scotsman.com
🌍Climate & energy nerd
🔵Falkirk FC fan
📍Scotland 🏴
📰The Scotsman @scotsman.com
🌍Climate & energy nerd
🔵Falkirk FC fan
📍Scotland 🏴
“MingYang is nominally a private company, but in China that means very little because all companies by virtue of Chinese law are obliged to work with the security services when it comes down to issues of national security or espionage.”
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Government ministers warned against 'handing over' energy grid to China
It comes after GCHQ warned that China has the potential to shut down the national grid in a cyber security attack
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October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“MingYang is nominally a private company, but in China that means very little because all companies by virtue of Chinese law are obliged to work with the security services when it comes down to issues of national security or espionage.”
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And here's my long read on why the Scottish Government thinks it needs investment from a Chinese firm to make sure Scotland’s floating wind ambitions can stay on track
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Will Chinese turbine national security concerns derail Scotland's floating wind ambitions?
The UK government will make a crucial decision on whether to allow Chinese companies to join Scotland’s renewables supply chain.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
And here's my long read on why the Scottish Government thinks it needs investment from a Chinese firm to make sure Scotland’s floating wind ambitions can stay on track
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Oh, there's even more. Even more unhinged. Posted on the other place. Now is the worst time to be posting misinformation about immigration and asylum
October 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Oh, there's even more. Even more unhinged. Posted on the other place. Now is the worst time to be posting misinformation about immigration and asylum