Herald letters
INDEPENDENT global experts have now shown the North Sea holds far greater reserves than Labour admits. Potentially enough to sustain Britain’s energy needs throughout the transition to net zero.
Yet instead of encouraging development, Labour imposes crushing taxes, bans new licences, and repeats hollow soundbites about “orderly transition.” This is not “orderly transition”, but neglect on a monumental scale.
At such a moment, it is astonishing that Labour, under Ed Miliband, appear determined to hobble our own resources in favour of imports Energy policy must surely balance climate ambition with economic reality.
To close down our own supply, only to buy the same fuels and finished goods abroad is not environmentalism but sheer folly. It exports jobs, revenues and security while leaving British families and businesses to shoulder unbearable costs.
We do not need GB Energy. A responsible government would harness the North Sea as a bridge to the future, ensuring energy security, affordable prices, and a thriving industrial base.
Labour’s current approach does the opposite. It risks leaving Britain poorer, weaker, and dependent on others at a time of great uncertainty.
The good news is that it is now only a matter of time before Mr Miliband will be sacked and yet another U-turn by Labour will be enacted.
The sooner the better.
Ian Lakin, Milltimber, Aberdeen.
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