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🛢️🇬🇧Britain’s energy politics have stumbled into the sort of contradiction a satire writer usually has to invent. At home, new North Sea oil and gas development faces an increasingly hostile political and regulatory climate, wrapped in arguments about climate responsibility, transition, and leaving hydrocarbons behind. Yet thousands of miles away in the South Atlantic sits…
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The Falklands are getting increasingly serious about offshore oil while back in Scotland the UK government is closing the door on new North Sea exploration. Well, I suppose the Falklands are far enough away that Just Stop Oil would need a considerably bigger pot of orange paint. Apparently, oil becomes much less offensive when you…
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Migrants considering coming to the UK may be looking at something far more important than the dangers of crossing the Channel. They may be looking at the money. The political argument in Britain is obsessed with boats, borders and deterrents, but anyone paying attention to the UK’s financial position can see another risk building in…

