By johnrobertson834,Liz S

Copyright talkingupscotlandtwo

Conflict of Interest klaxon………..

Brian Wilson (another former UK politcian who has -too many- Irons in – too many- fires) had written an article for The Herald stating:

“The Scottish government must end it’s ‘stupid’ opposition to Nuclear Power”

Then Bella Caledonia posted this on ‘X’ on 25 September 2025:

“Great to see Brian Wilson jump aboard the nuclear lobby. In October 2005, he was appointed non-executive director of AMEC Nuclear Holdings Ltd. The announcement boasted that the firm is the UK’s largest private nuclear services business”.

So then he, Wilson, would say that wouldn’t he…about the Scottish government and Nuclear….as he, Wilson, once had a vested interest in “Nuclear”….so you would be “stupid” to not see a former conflict of interest in his current opinion upon this.

The BBC once wrote this in an article on their website in May 2007…….when Tony Blair was UK PM.

“Labour and the Nuclear Lobby” it was written by Brian Wheeler, a political reporter, at the BBC (so not BBC Scotland and not written recently).

“Most industries and large organisations, including the BBC, use lobbyists. They are often former ministers or senior journalists, who have contacts in government and offer advice on how to influence policy”.

“There are certainly no shortage of links between the nuclear industry and the New Labour establishment. Former energy minister Brian Wilson is now a non-executive director of Amec Nuclear, a client of BNFL, the government-owned nuclear reactor operator. Since 2004, BNFL has used lobbyists Weber Shandwick to help it push the case for new nuclear plants”……..

“French energy giant EDF has also been at the forefront of the campaign to change perceptions of nuclear power . The company, which operates 58 nuclear reactors in France and is already a big player in the UK electricity market, has said it is ready to invest in a new generation of plants in the UK, provided it gets the go-ahead from government”

“It has successfully lobbied ministers to introduce a fast-track planning process to make it easier to build new plants without lengthy public enquiries”

“Chancellor Gordon Brown’s brother, Andrew, is EDF’s head of media relations in the UK”

“Yvette Cooper, housing and planning minister, and wife of Mr Brown’s closest political ally Ed Balls, also has links to the nuclear industry”

“Her father, ex-trade union official Tony Cooper, is the former chairman of the Nuclear Industry Association, and is currently a director of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority He has been one of the most vocal champions of the industry’s green credentials”

“One of the most well-connected nuclear lobbyists is Alan Donnelly, former leader of the Labour group in the European Parliament. Mr Donnelly’s company, Sovereign Strategy, represents US engineering giant Fluor, one of the world’s biggest nuclear contractors, which is currently vying for a slice of the UK’s £70bn nuclear clean-up market – but like other US firms, such as Bechtel, also has an eye on future nuclear build”

(There was even a Peter Mandelson connection in this article too “The industry has tried to clean up its act since 1998’s cash-for-access scandal, which saw Peter Mandelson’s spin doctor Derek Draper fired over his links with lobbyists, but it remains controversial”).

However back to Brian Wilson, and really we should ask how many people reading that recent article in The Herald would know of his former involvement in the “Nuclear”… ‘business’…..as in that his own self interest would come before a pretend ‘public’ interest……..what was he paid for that role as non Executive Director?…………

Always follow the money….that then tells you why so many certain individuals ‘say what they say’….not for our benefit but purely for what was, and in some cases still is, their own financial benefit and also for those that they act FOR. (and who also then themselves financially benefit from decisions that are made by governments for their Industry).

He , Wilson, should own up to his former “Nuclear” connection….or shut up.

However the media will lap it up….as in yet another contrived #SNPBAD……from someone (Wilson) who we all know supports the opposition …as he himself was once part of that opposition aka the Labour Party…..

So his, Wilson’s, “Nuclear” opinions are somewhat compromised….not just on this , as in respect to his own former personal involvement as a “non-executive director of AMEC Nuclear Holdings Ltd” in a announcement that boasted that this “firm is the UK’s largest private nuclear services business”……….

Companies House shows this:

Brian Wilson was still ‘active’ as a “Director of Wood Finance UK Ltd” up to March 2014 ( who were formerly Wood Nuclear Holding Ltd , also formerly known as AMEC Foster Wheeler Nuclear Holdings Ltd, also formerly known as AMEC Nuclear Holdings Ltd and also NNC Holdings Ltd).

But Wilson is also politically compromised in his connection to the Labour party (as a former Labour MP and also as a former Labour Energy Minister) and so he is hardly one who will endorse or encourage any positive opinions towards the SNP, either as a party or as the Scottish government….especially on “Nuclear”.

The public need to join the dots to see what lies behind most of Brian Wilson’s opinion pieces …..

I mean it’s hardly ‘secret information’ that Wilson was once a Labour politician , so as one (still) in opposition to the SNP, then surely his position is one that always seeks to oppose them………the SNP. (however is it ‘secret information’ that Wilson was once connected to a business involved in Nuclear power….or is Wilson and also The Herald not willing to be forthcoming upon this fact.. that Wilson was once connected to ‘Nuclear’ as a non- executive Director of a Nuclear services Business) ?

Opposition – meaning “resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument”….

Similar to “opposition” is hostility, antagonism, antipathy and enmity……that then surely puts his, Wilosn’s, opinion pieces into perspective…does it not !

Indeed we are often witness to Brian Wilson going full “Nuclear” on the SNP in some of his (too many) #SNPBAD articles in The Herald…..as it seems to be that his unrelenting opposition to them , the SNP, knows no bounds…..limitless in their repetition (Yawn).

Also this site, TUS, wrote a piece recently in June 2025 entitled:

“The dark Brian Wilson allowed to challenge SNP universalism on winter fuel allowance in a typically under-educated manner”

So look…it seems as if he, Wilson, is at it again as is The Herald…. now in September 2025…as in the same Brian Wilson via the exact same source too….as in The Herald.

Rinse and repeat….a well used formula …..in what they , pro UK types, like Brian Wilson and The Herald, assume is the best way for Labour to try to defeat ….the SNP…..as in those they regard as the ‘opposition’ to them.

However Labour HQ now seem to be doing their best to stop any future defeat happening……to the SNP by Labour (though the current BBC in Scotland are doing their bit to help Labour….as they , as a broadcaster, choose to reinforce the rinse and repeat #SNPBAD messaging from Labour in Scotland and Labour HQ)………

Hopefully more voters in Scotland will now be more enlightened ……aka ‘clued up’.