Yes, an oil and gas ban threatens jobs. Government should have planned for it – as This Writer may have said in the past.
Where jobs are likely to be threatened by government policies that are intended to change our way of life for the better, I have always maintained that it is the government’s responsibility to line up new jobs to replace those that are to be sacrificed.
That would be responsible government. It is the government’s duty to safeguard the livelihoods and prosperity of every citizen over whom it governs.
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Apparently Keir Starmer hasn’t thought of that. Here‘s the BBC:
More than 30,000 jobs are under threat from the government’s plans to ban new licences for oil and gas production in the UK, unions have warned.
Delegates at the TUC Congress in Brighton narrowly voted in support of a motion calling for no ban to be implemented before a fully funded plan guaranteeing comparable jobs for all North Sea workers is agreed.
Proposing the motion, Unite and the GMB – the country’s second and third biggest unions – said while climate change did pose a risk, fossil fuels should not be abandoned until workers knew how their jobs would be protected.
However, other unions opposed the move, arguing there are “no jobs on a dead planet”.
This is what happens when you don’t plan ahead. Unions have voted against the plan to close down fossil fuel mining because they have to safeguard their workers’ livelihoods. It isn’t rocket science!
Labour said in its manifesto that it would slowly phase out North Sea oil and gas production, in order not to jeopardise jobs – but has reneged on that promise after getting into office.
That looks like another Keir Starmer lie to me.
Here’s what happened, again according to the BBC:
In Labour’s general election manifesto, the party said it would not revoke existing licences for oil and gas and ensure a “phased and responsible transition in the North Sea”.
It said North Sea oil and gas production would be “with us for decades to come” and “managed in a way that does not jeopardise jobs”.
However, the party pledged not to issue any new licences because “they will not take a penny off bills” and “will only accelerate the worsening climate crisis”.
So this is what Labour has come to – the party of the workers is now merrily sacrificing the workers because its leaders couldn’t be bothered to do a bit of work themselves. Pathetic.
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Yes, an oil and gas ban threatens jobs. Government should have planned for it
Yes, an oil and gas ban threatens jobs. Government should have planned for it – as This Writer may have said in the past.
Where jobs are likely to be threatened by government policies that are intended to change our way of life for the better, I have always maintained that it is the government’s responsibility to line up new jobs to replace those that are to be sacrificed.
That would be responsible government. It is the government’s duty to safeguard the livelihoods and prosperity of every citizen over whom it governs.
Buy Cruel Britannia in print here. Buy the Cruel Britannia ebook here. Or just click on the image!
Apparently Keir Starmer hasn’t thought of that. Here‘s the BBC:
This is what happens when you don’t plan ahead. Unions have voted against the plan to close down fossil fuel mining because they have to safeguard their workers’ livelihoods. It isn’t rocket science!
Labour said in its manifesto that it would slowly phase out North Sea oil and gas production, in order not to jeopardise jobs – but has reneged on that promise after getting into office.
That looks like another Keir Starmer lie to me.
Here’s what happened, again according to the BBC:
So this is what Labour has come to – the party of the workers is now merrily sacrificing the workers because its leaders couldn’t be bothered to do a bit of work themselves. Pathetic.
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