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Friday July 16, 2021, 12:01 AM A windfarm Credit: PA Wire/PA Images Scottish Power and oil giant Shell have submitted multiple proposals for new large-scale floating offshore windfarms as part of Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind Leasing. The companies hope their plans will create new jobs in the region and help the UK achieve its Net Zero carbon emissions targets. Floating offshore wind is expected to grow in the coming years as technology costs fall and is seem as more cost-effective in areas with deep waters like the North Sea. Boris Johnson visited one of Scottish Power’s UK windfarms ...

Advocates for constitutional monarchy argue that the head of state should be above the baseness of party politics. Furthermore, they claim the monarch’s neutrality in affairs of state avoids suspicion that legislation is enacted for personal gain. But does it? Recent revelations suggest that, far from being above politics, members of the royal family have regularly had input into draft legislation that could possibly affect its interests. While Royal Assent for legislation that has navigated all parliamentary stages is a formality, what goes before is less transparent. The Guardian news...