@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotThe #Rosebank/#Jackdaw #FossilFuels decision:
My thinking is that the government should say to the companies:
1. Yes, you may go ahead with production, a previous government has already given you a licence;
2. But we will certainly prosecute you on six billion counts of conspiracy…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotHere's the dilemma for #Burnham :
Lose fifty constituencies if he approves #Rosebank drilling, or lose all the #Donations and back-handers from the
@pre@boing.worldIts sad that we'll never know what happened this morning in the parallel world and alternate reality where the Green Party defeated Labour in Holborn.
Would Labour still have announced they're going to open oil-fields in a world already warmed by 1.5 degrees?
As I say, sadly we'll never know.
We do know that opening the oil fields will contribute towards that warming, that it won't reduce energy costs for UK citizens, that it won't increase energy independence, and that it will create fewer jobs than a similar investment in renewable energy industry and that those jobs will be more dirty, dangerous, and bad for the employee's heath.
So why do it?
One can only assume The Labour Party donors must benefit in some way.
#ukpol #rosebank #labour #oil
