PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of HormuzOpening new oil and gas fields in the North Sea would “send a shock wave around the world”, imperilling international climate targets, undermining the UK’s climate leadership and encouraging developing countries to exploit their own fossil fuel reserves, experts have warned. Fiona Harvey has the story.At a press conference in Aberdeen later, Richard Tice, the Reform UK leader, and Malcolm Offord, the party’s Scottish leader, are expected to say they want the applications for the Jackdaw (gas) and Rosebank (mostly oil) developments in the North Sea to be approved.[Reform UK’s position is] a framing aimed at bashing Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband, who are yet to throw their weight behind more oil and gas drilling, despite the potential for energy price pain to come. But in Scotland that position actually brings Reform in line with … the SNP and Scottish Labour. The latter’s leader Anas Sarwar has split from his party in Westminster to say he thinks they should be approved, while the former tree-huggers in the SNP have signaled they support them too. Watch out for whether Reform tries to indicate if they’re even more oily than the other contenders up north. Continue reading...
Keir Starmer welcomes Iran war ceasefire as he heads to Gulf to meet regional leaders – UK politics live
PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of Hormuz Opening new oil and gas fields in the North Sea would “send a shock wave around the world”, imperilling international climate targets, undermining the UK’s climate leadership and encouraging developing countries to exploit their own fossil fuel reserves, experts have warned. Fiona Harvey has the story. At a press conference in Aberdeen later, Richard Tice, the Reform UK leader, and Malcolm Offord, the party’s Scottish leader, are expected to say they want the applications for the Jackdaw (gas) and Rosebank (mostly oil) developments in the North Sea to be approved. [Reform UK’s position is] a framing aimed at bashing Keir Starmer and Ed Miliband, who are yet to throw their weight behind more oil and gas drilling, despite the potential for energy price pain to come. But in Scotland that position actually brings Reform in line with … the SNP and Scottish Labour. The latter’s leader Anas Sarwar has split from his party in Westminster to say he thinks they should be approved, while the former tree-huggers in the SNP have signaled they support them too. Watch out for whether Reform tries to indicate if they’re even more oily than the other contenders up north. Continue reading...
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