Brexit or not, the wind is still blowing

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Labour's Alan Whitehead argues the contrast between new offshore wind and nuclear projects has never been starker

It is sometimes difficult to detect signs of life underneath the piles of Brexit rubble, but believe me life does go on, albeit often unnoticed amidst the war of words surrounding the present "will we...

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