Universal hatred doesn't come to many companies. ExxonMobil, Union Carbide, and lately BP have all at one time or another 'enjoyed' the public regarding them in the same way as they would a serial-killing nazi paedophile cannibal. Or someone who married a Beatle.
But it takes a special kind of company to get up the nose of Christian Aid, Oxfam and a yacht club all at the same time.
As Rob Edwards detailed in yesterday's Sunday Herald, they have joined the usual environmental organisations in opposing Ayrshire Power's proposed new coal-fired power station at Hunterston.
They're in good company, although curiously Scottish Natural Heritage have declined to oppose the plant. My first reaction to reading that was "backroom deal", although I later started pondering on whether SNH believes that it is either outside it's remit, or that SNH should not be opposing any government plans. And since the government is in favour of the power station, then SNH must be too.
If that latter theory is correct, then it is undemocratic for a government-funded agency to believe that they cannot criticise the government in any way shape or form. Does this mean that if Alex Salmond announced that he was going to concrete over Rannoch Moor to provide a new Formula One race track, Scottish Natural Heritage would support him?
Or do they actually believe a new coal-fired power station will be a wonderful thing for Scotland's wildlife?
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