@bencsmoke@ZackPolanski We’re going to use that oil regardless. We can’t transition to nuclear or renewables overnight. Surely it’s better to have sovereignty over that instead of resorting to importing it from the Middle East, Russia or the US?
@AugCarelia@lowlandsapien It’s hinted at in the movie. When Maturin starts to play in one of the scenes, he shakes his hand - this hand was broken during torture by the Spanish, iirc
@HugoPap2 I don’t think him being there was really an endorsement though? He knows that creating a business in the UK is hard - pointless - and has been for years. He mentioned that because he knows the Tories are partly responsible for it
@nickisafraud That and the fact that we have no short range crude missiles to deal with, and it would only be an issue if France or the Netherlands decided to start attacking us
I suspect the underlying reason as to why our politicians are so interested in joining the EU is so that they get to avoid accountability for the decisions that are made.
@realhansard I can’t believe Reform are the ones posting this when they have many notable Tories, who were in power during this and legislated for this, in their party. Almost a self-own