Its sad that we'll never know what happened this morning in the parallel world and alternate reality where the Green Party defeated Labour in Holborn.
Would Labour still have announced they're going to open oil-fields in a world already warmed by 1.5 degrees?
As I say, sadly we'll never know.
We do know that opening the oil fields will contribute towards that warming, that it won't reduce energy costs for UK citizens, that it won't increase energy independence, and that it will create fewer jobs than a similar investment in renewable energy industry and that those jobs will be more dirty, dangerous, and bad for the employee's heath.
So why do it?
One can only assume The Labour Party donors must benefit in some way.
@pre I've long since suspected that Labour and Tories aren't actually opposing parties any more. They're both the products of Oxbridge graduates and exist to merely give us the illusion of choice. Their underlying members, self-centred elitist rich folk who care about money, are similar for both. I'm sure a lot of someones in the party will benefit from more drilling.