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SNP MSP breaks with Scottish Government on Jackdaw and Rosebank
Jack Middleton says the projects would create thousands of jobs and boost Scotland’s economy as 2,000 supporters back the campaign.
- On Tuesday, SNP MSP Jack Middleton broke with his party, explicitly calling on the UK Government to approve the stalled Jackdaw and Rosebank North Sea oil and gas developments to support Scottish jobs and energy security.
- The call follows the UK Government's delay of the projects, whose previous permits were voided last year by the Court of Session, and arrives after the SNP's recent defeat in the Aberdeen South by-election.
- Middleton argued that domestic production reduces reliance on Middle East imports, claiming "Jackdaw and Rosebank would not only create thousands of Scottish jobs" and boost local economies.
- Labour MPs including Graeme Downie and Richard Baker have joined the call, though Energy Secretary Ed Miliband faces pressure to reject the applications under the promised Energy Independence Bill despite internal party divisions.
- While the Scottish Government maintains that new projects must pass "climate compatibility tests," tensions persist over balancing the transition to renewables with the economic importance of the North Sea oil sector.
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SNP MSP breaks ranks with John Swinney to back North Sea oil drilling at Rosebank and Jackdaw
An SNP politician has broken ranks with his party with an explicit call for drilling at Britain’s biggest untapped oil field. Jack Middleton, an MSP and a former special adviser to First Minister John Swinney, said he “can’t fathom” how work at the North Sea's Rosebank and Jackdaw fields would breach the country’s climate obligations. Mr Middleton has also written to Andy Burnham, likely to be the next Prime Minister, calling for him to ditch th…
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SNP MSP breaks with Scottish Government on Jackdaw and Rosebank
The announcement comes after the party lost the Aberdeen South by-election last month.
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