Future of Oil and Gas Industry 'on the Line' as Polls Open in by-Elections

Georgiana Bristol: It's oil and gas wot won it

Georgiana Bristol is Chief Executive of the Jobs Foundation As wannabe-Cabinet Ministers and the obligatory media pack have decamped en-masse from Westminster to Makerfield over the past six weeks to see whether the so-called King of the North makes it in his quest to return to Westminster, you’d be forgiven for not knowing that 333 miles further north, up the M6 and the A90, another by-election was taking place. Whilst Keir Starmer was all but …

SNP by-election drubbing is another legacy of the Nicola Sturgeon era

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the SNP were seen as being on the wrong side of the debate on oil and gas jobs.

Future of oil and gas industry 'on the line' as polls open in by-elections

The Tories insisted the stakes ‘really could not be higher’ in Aberdeen South

Document proves SNP still opposes new oil fields hours before Aberdeen vote

The Scottish Conservatives are hoping to win the 'knife edge' election to send the UK Government a message about the future of the North Sea

TORY OIL AND GAS PROMISES IN ABERDEEN SOUTH: EMPTY RHETORIC FROM A PARTY OF WASTE

By JimMennie As Aberdeen South goes to the polls today, Tories are still attempting to pitch themselves as the saviours of North Sea jobs. Their candidate and national figures claim they alone will “get Britain drilling” and reverse decline. The reality is starker. The long-term drop in oil and gas employment has been driven primarily by global markets, a maturing North Sea basin with smaller, costlier fields, and the inevitable energy transitio…