BBC Spotlight last night. An item on how much infrastructure and jobs EDF has already created in anticipation of Hinkley C. A shot of an office with (they said) already 250 people working or about to start work (though the few on camera looked rather unbusy and just a bit uncomfortable – hopefully not on zero hours contracts).

And where was this office? Bristol.

Not surprising – EDF managers and Chinese investors would presumably want access to a nearby international airport and posh hotels – a budget chain in Yeovil just wouldn’t suit. Oh, and an easily accessible, large workforce.

And there was a very rare appearance by Chris Garcia of our LEP extolling the virtues, and virtues only, of the mega-project which means so much to its heavily nuclear-invested board.

But Bristol? Not in our LEP area and likely to reap more of the benefits of this project – indeed already doing so.

Will Bristol employed staff be counted by our LEP towards their jobs target – probably? Will Bristol-based housing be counted towards our extra housing quota – almost certainly not!