07/04/2014
Autonomous Mind is
asking questions about whether UKIP's MEP William Dartmouth is using an offshore company to conceal his interest in a wind farm development.
The development is on Slaithwaite Moor (pronounced Slough-wit) on land he previously owned (and some say he still does) but which he says he gave away (free of charge) to the offshore company which is named in the planning application (alongside William Dartmouth) as owners of the land, from which they stand to gain possibly £60,000 a year from ground rent.
All of this is doubtless perfectly innocent. No UKIP MEP would possibly think of setting up an offshore company, or using proxies to conceal their involvement in activities totally opposed by their party. So William Dartmouth probably has an entirely acceptable explanation â the only problem is that he hasn't given it yet.
Meanwhile, I was sent this quote by TGL, lifted from his Wiki entry: On Any Questions, Nigel Farage described plans to increase the use of wind energy as "loopy" and said it would lead to Britain being covered "in ugly disgusting ghastly windmills" that would not satisfactorily provide for Britain's energy needs. So there you are.
The picture, incidentally shows wind turbines on close-by Ovenden Moor, taken week before last. They provide a perfect illustration of what the proposed development would look like, except that the new turbines, on the land William Dartmouth says he doesn't own but has given away free to a offshore company, would be more than twice the height and visible for miles around.
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