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John Swinney has been accused of failing to speak up for Scottish workers after pressing Andy Burnham on another independence referendum but failing to push for more North Sea oil drilling.
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Swinney → accuse → drilling
The First Minister has repeatedly refused to say whether he backs the giant Rosebank site off Shetland, which would be worth billions of pounds to the UK economy.
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which → refuse → economy
He met with the Prime Minister at a devolution summit in Glasgow on Friday, but admitted that the two leaders did not discuss consent to drill in the oil field, which contains the equivalent of 500 million barrels of oil.
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which → meet → oil
The UK Government approved the Jackdaw gas field east of Aberdeen earlier this month but Rosebank is still to be decided.
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Rosebank → approve → Aberdeen
Mr Swinney, asked if he had raised Rosebank with the Prime Minister, replied: ‘I didn’t, no.
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I → ask → Minister
It never came up.’
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It → come → ?
The SNP’s leader said they ‘talked about lots of other things’, including another referendum on Scottish independence and a reset of relations with the EU.
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they → say → EU
John Swinney has repeatedly refused to say whether he backs the giant Rosebank site off Shetland
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he → refuse → Shetland
Swinney is under pressure to confirm a North Sea U-turn after his party conference backed domestic oil and gas over foreign imports
He said: ‘The Prime Minister knows that I support a referendum on independence and I made clear to him that I reiterate that position.
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reiterate → confirm → position
‘We also discussed the dialogue that is underway in relation to the relationship of the United Kingdom to the European Union, because obviously that has some significant implications for Scotland on a number of different questions.’
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that → discuss → questions
Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon introduced the presumption against new North Sea developments in a draft energy strategy published in 2023.
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Sturgeon → introduce → 2023
But Mr Swinney is under pressure to confirm a North Sea U-turn after his party conference backed domestic oil and gas over foreign imports.
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conference → confirm → imports
Duncan Massey, Reform MSP for North East Scotland and his party’s energy spokesman, said: ‘The ever-opinionated First Minister, embarrassingly can’t give a straight answer on whether he backs North Sea jobs and the UK’s energy security.
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he → say → jobs
‘We need a Scottish Government to be an unambiguous supporter of Scottish oil and gas, which is still one of our most important industries.’
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which → need → industries
He added: ‘John Swinney must come off the fence and tell the people of Scotland whether he will put Scotland’s workers first, or if he plans to continue moonlighting to as the Greens’ best spokesperson.’
Downing Street said the two leaders had agreed to a ‘policy sprint’ to devolve powers to local level but that the Prime Minister had ruled out a second independence referendum.
This was ‘off the table’, said a spokesman.
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spokesman → add → table
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