Douglas Lumsden: “The future of our oil and gas industry is on the line in today’s by-election in Aberdeen South.”

The SNP have a brass neck after betraying the Acorn project by only releasing £5m of the promised £80m they pledged more than four years ago.

A lot of voters across Aberdeen see this whole episode as making the SNP not trustworthy.

Rather than trying to play pathetic political games, the SNP should finally deliver the £80m to bring this vital project forward in unlocking the potential to support 21,000 jobs.

This result sends a clear message to Labour and the SNP: their war on North Sea oil and gas must end.