By Chris Murray

The Labour Government will soon face a critical choice on whether to allow the extraction of fossil fuels from the Rosebank oil and gas field in Scotland.

To allow it would be the wrong decision.

Because none of the arguments in favour of it stack up.

Firstly, it will do nothing to reduce bills for people here in the UK. Oil and gas is purchased on the open, global market. The worldwide price of fossil fuels is affected by global events – like the war in Ukraine, which sent prices shooting up a few years ago. The amount of oil extracted at Rosebank wouldn’t make a dent in the global price, or our bills.

Secondly, the best way to get energy prices down is to move – as fast as possible – to renewable, domestic sources of energy. But drilling at Rosebank would set that........

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