COP26: The oil field a few hundred miles from Glasgow that's threatening the govt's credibility over climate change

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised a 'smooth and sensible' shift from fossil fuels to renewable power whilst on a visit to an off-shore windfarm in Scotland.

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Outraged campaigners and climate scientists are piling on the pressure.

The prime minister has just received an open letter signed by organisations like Oxfam and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , which urges him to stop Cambo. And on Thursday, a petition signed by 80,000 people will be delivered to Downing Street demanding the same, and Greenpeace is threatening legal action if approval goes ahead.

Tessa Khan, a climate change lawyer and the founder of campaign group Uplift, said:"Pursuing new developments undermines the UK's chances of delivering successful outcomes at COP26.

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Will that be before of after he finishes the forty new hospitals, detailed reform of the care system, and the Bridge to Ireland?

Bawris can get in the bin.

I see he has got his dressing up box out again

Does anyone believe him?

Fake fake fake news sly news. Enemy of we the people of the world. Fake fake fake news sly news

Sensible? Abandon fossil fuels at your peril!

London has raped Scotland of its oil revenue for 40+ years now onto the renewables 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

Just another day playing ‘dressing up’ as a useful person.

ToryCorruption ToryLiars BorisMustGo

He's right next to sea? Good, much easier for him to get in it.

Good the see him trialling those hi-viz chain gang offenders' jackets before he's sent for his official fitting...

michaelgove Not sure we have time for smooth. When the house is on fire you kind of have to shift your ass even if it isn't elegant michaelgove

This man is on a different planet and it’s about time and all the other networks should start asking the real questions about his and his government’s dodgy dealings. Forget about his trips to Scotland until he is willing to meet the real people of Scotland

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