Burnham's first major departure from Starmerism and it's (arguably) breaking a manifesto promise in an incredibly demoralising way.
How disappointing.
At least it'll demonstrate to the hard-of-thought that expansive fossil fuel extraction won't actually do much at all to impact either consumer or industrial energy pricing in the UK.
#UKPolitics #UKPol
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/jackdaw-gasfield-in-north-sea-approved
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