Defending the indefensible

Council Leaders defend a bigger Kinnaird
A massive expansion of the Fort Kinnaird shopping centre will be "in the best interests of the whole city"

Well, the expansion won't be massive, and it won't be in the best interests of the city as a whole, but it will certainly be in the best interests of the City of Edinburgh Council, who are desperate to get every penny in taxes out of retailers that they possibly can.

Another two fingers to the city centre retailers, but then the council doesn't seem to think much of them anyway, so that's no real surprise.