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Jon PENNYCOOK
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We can empty the North Sea of #FossilFuels and it still won't make much difference to what people pay for electricity, gas, petrol, or diesel. Is #AndyBurnham a populist?

https://www.politico.eu/article/andy-burnham-donald-trump-north-sea-oil-gas/

'“There is a resource there — when people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president,” he added.'
'Labour said it would not issue new oil and gas drilling licenses in its 2024 manifesto, though indicated it would honor existing ones.'

#environment #energy #UK
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Adam Trickett :debian: :kde: · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqp95zw7v9ycvmqev3qkqmcjzqe5qn4gn64mfydqc0kmt8et57xrlswnrzv3 if it doesn't make any difference to normal people and won't change prices then it's hardly populist unless populist are morons? It makes a lot of difference to the people who can sell ...