What will it take for Andy Burnham to stop faffing about and do something to stop the death by a thousand cuts of the North Sea oil and gas sector?

I mean, if BP selling off its operations in the basin isn’t a huge flashing red light, klaxon blaring “DANGER, DANGER, DANGER”, then what the hell is?

We are talking about the actual architects of the North Sea oil bonanza, the company that first brought the black gold ashore some 51 years ago. Now, after half a century, they’ve decided the game’s a bogey, and they are upping stakes and shipping out.

That is a powerful message and one that has sent shockwaves through the sector, while Number 10 seems to be sitting on their hands and saying:  “Yeah, we might get........

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