| Following a series of high profile
accidents at their Grangemouth facility, petrochemical giant BP promised this week to
implement projects aimed at cutting down on the number of unplanned explosions produced by
the facility. A company spokesman, Harold Hardhat, told the JT:
"We want to be good corporate neighbours and I'd
like to assure the people of Grangemouth that the risk of a small explosion triggering
what we term the Ka-Boom effect is being reduced significantly. There is virtually no
chance of the town of Grangemouth being flattened by a massive chain reaction of highly
combustible chemicals. Probably…" |
Local MP and petrochemical expert
Michael Connarty welcomed the news : "With a General Election
coming up, a nuclear-style destruction of the Grangemouth area would have made it
difficult to get the vote out. I'd like to publicly thank BP for supporting me in the
vital work of getting me re-elected as MP for Grangemouth."
Reaction elsewhere in the town was mixed with some residents unhappy that the
town would not likely now be reduced to smouldering ash, at least in the near future.
One local told the JT: "I'm pished off ken? I had the claim oan the hoose
insurance aw filt in like, ken.? This's buggert ma lifelong dream to move to somewhere
classy like Slamannan. Ken? |
