Celebs including Frankie Boyle have signed an open letter to Rishi Sunak urging him to ditch controversial plans for a massive new oil field off the Scottish coast.
But the open letter to No10, signed by groups ranging from the RSPB to the Women’s Institute, warned the oil field going live would be devastating for the climate. It comes as a new YouGovDirect poll found more than two thirds of Brits oppose taxpayers subsidising oil and gas firms to develop new fields in the North Sea.
Located west of Shetland, the site - operated by Norwegian energy giant Equinor - is twice as large as the Cambo oil field paused in 2021 after a storm of protest.
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