The energy policy announced by Sir Kier Starmer defies belief, it is just bonkers: He has announced a ban on further exploration and extraction licences in the North Sea.
To be clear, this is not a ban on new oil and gas sources, it is just a ban on any new British oil and gas sources.
Surely sensible eco-warriors realise that we will be dependent on hydrocarbons for the next 30 years or so, even as we approach our target of ‘net zero’ carbon dioxide emissions. So, as we will have to use oil and gas anyway, it much better that we use our own than have to import from sources that generate significantly higher emissions and come with all the supply hazards that have driven energy prices through the roof. The policy gift-wrapped for Putin.
Its implementation would swiftly lead to the decline of inward investment and skilled jobs. For the first time I find myself on the side of the unions.
“simples!” as the meerkat would say.