No nuclear consensus

The assertion from Councillor Euan McLeod (Letters, 26 February) that there is "a consensus" against nuclear power in Scotland stands unsupported by any facts from him. "Consensus" does not mean 51 per cent, though I don't think there is evidence even for that, and the term should not be used lightly, let alone as a club.

There may well be a council organisation called Nuclear Free Local Authorities, but if its members were sincere they would refuse to use the 40 per cent of Scotland's electricity that comes from nuclear.

These are the people who want to end nuclear, not because it does not provide plentiful, inexpensive electricity, but because it does.

They know the taxpayer will continue to fund the 1 billion annual cost of subsidising Scotland's windmills only if given no alternative.

NEIL CRAIG

Woodlands Road

Glasgow