When #reform or #ukconservatives say they want to open the North sea for drilling do they just want to give the oil to #shell and #bp ??

Or with they establish a national oil company?

All good promising the price of Shell of BP oil might fall when more operations are established.... but is that really good enough?!?

"Oo look more supply so we better reduce prices per litre immediately for the British citizens" .... is that realistic?

#oil #petrol #fossilfuels #fossilfuel

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Ebly/116562681597016178

#UKLabour #UKconservatives #Losers Moving to the right didn’t work for the #Tories

Interesting that most of Starmer's setup questions are targeted towards #ReformUK rather than #UKConservatives

#PMQs

The Tory leadership election has become even more farcical with the surprise loss of James Cleverly. If only there were a better way to select a winner than first past the post or rounds of voting.*

* There is. It's called Single Transferable Vote / Ranked Preference Voting.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/09/cock-up-rather-than-conspiracy-the-likely-cause-of-cleverlys-surprise-exit

#JamesCleverly #UKpol #UKpolitics #ElectoralReform #SingleTransferableVote #UKconservatives #ConservativeParty #Tories #ToryLeadershipRace

“I think the Conservative party is surrendering for at least a generation, possibly for ever, its once held position as the natural party of government, the party of the middle classes, the home counties, of business.”

In lamenting the decline of the Tories, David Gauke gives away that they were never the party of all of England - let alone the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/08/from-humiliation-to-annihilation-could-this-election-mean-the-end-of-the-tory-party-as-we-know-it
#Tories #UKConservatives #ConservativeParty #GeneralElection2024 #UKpol #UKpolitics #DavidGauke #ToryParty #RishiSunak

The rollback on reproductive rights in Europe and the United States is inseparably linked with the hostility to immigration.

#immigration #ukpolitics #SRHR #reproductiverights #europeanunion #Europe #roe_v_wade #roevwade #abortionrights #feministforeignpolicy #Jenrick #braverman #CPC23 #population #tories #ukconservatives

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/02/families-should-have-more-children-to-care-for-ageing-uk-population-minister-says