General election: The real political issue of the week that almost everyone ignored – Brian Wilson

Tom Johnston was a Red Clydesider and Labours Scottish Secretary from 1941 to 1945

Where was the outrage after it was revealed workers on an offshore windfarm in the North Sea were paid a basic £3.40 a hour because of an “administrative error”, wonders Brian Wilson.

There was a Scottish story this week full of the real stuff of politics – and correspondingly little coverage.

It involved Scottish and Southern Energy’s Seagreen offshore windfarm, off Montrose, which will pour many consumers’ bawbees into SSE dividends.