The SNP are amongst the biggest hypocrites in history. On the one hand they constantly suggest that “Scotland could be independent paid for by our oil”, on the other hand, they are doing all they possibly can to destroy that oil industry through their obsession with global warming.
Written by Erikka Askeland – 25/03/2016 7:47 am
Aberdeen marked the 15 month of decline in hotel occupancy rates as the crash in oil and gas prices continued to take its toll on the local hospitality industry.
Average occupancy of Granite City hotel rooms was just 55.7% in February, down almost 20% on the same time last year, according to the monthly LJ Forecaster Scottish Intercity Report.
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“Scotland could be independent paid for by our oil”
Offshore oil is expensive to find and extract. US shale oil is the new game – they can stop and start production more easily depending on market conditions. Not so great for employees perhaps.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35219765
“Scotland could be independent paid for by our oil”
The context to this is that for some time previously 5-10 years, hotel occupancy in Abderdeen was so high that is was often impossible to gets rooms ..so people flew in the morning and flew out at night.
One cannot bleed for the hotel owners yet.