Right now, Westminster is throwing North Sea workers on the scrapheap and Jackdaw and Rosebank would not only create thousands of Scottish jobs, it would be a massive boost to businesses and local economies the length and breadth of Scotland.
Middleton criticizes Westminster's impact on North Sea workers.
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The reality though is that Energy-rich Scotland is paying the price of repeated Westminster failure. With the fresh start of independence we will bring down people’s bills.
Use of domestically-produced oil and gas would reduce the need for carbon-intensive imports, the MSP added, while also creating 'billions of pounds in tax revenue', which should be 'ring-fenced' and sent to Scotland to boost the renewables…
Instead, I think we should be increasing use of our own domestic resources right here in the North Sea.
If Andy Burnham truly believes in devolution the first step he should take as prime minister must be to listen to the people of Scotland and give us power over our own energy resources.
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