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UK Politics Decoded
UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
Welcome to UK Politics Decoded. An independent platform providing clear, evidence based explainers on UK government and policy. Every article is: • Human verified • Modular and accessible • Fully sourced, with transparent reference lists • Guided by our editorial and publishing standards Our mission is simple: make UK policy understandable, accurate, and open to public scrutiny. Explore our Standards Hub: (standards.ukpoliticsdecoded.uk)
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The post omits facts: 1. Gas and oil companies have extraction licenses untouched, not used. 2. The push from the oil and gas companies only can after the international wholesale price raised because of the US-Iran conflict, they where silent until then. 3. By extracting more gas and oil the UK's basin depletes faster currently estimated at 2050 (24 years time), leaving the UK totally reliant on imported resources, and the economic shock of resource depletion will be felt by everyone.
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Fred de Fossard
Fred de Fossard@defossardf·
This is the best and clearest explanation so far on why we must reopen and exploit our North Sea reserves by @KathrynPorter26. Gas is traded regionally not globally. British gas from the North Sea can bring down European prices in the summer. It is significantly cheaper than LNG. We would also benefit from additional tax revenues, improve our balance of payments, and keep oil and gas jobs in Britain, as well as in the wider supply chain like refining. It looks the Energy Secretary is too dug in to change course, and Starmer is too weak to overrule him. telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
That is true but with climate change and global warming the Siberian permafrost is melting releasing more methane that aids the global warming effect, this may be a natural process but industry around the world and air pollution has increased the natural global warming to what it is today.
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
Over 300 school nurseries will open or expand from September, targeting childcare gaps in the poorest areas. But there’s a structural problem. Childcare frees parents to return to work yet UK job vacancies have fallen to 721,000, the lowest since the post Covid peak. The UK doesn’t have a welfare problem. It has a vacancy problem. ukpoliticsdecoded.uk/decoded-blog/s…
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Ben Graham
Ben Graham@BenGrahamUK·
We’re told a 1°C temperature rise is proof of man made climate catastrophe. Yet over billions of years, earth has seen far greater swings, ice ages, warming periods, all without fossil fuels. At what point do we question the narrative instead of blindly funding it?
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I did not say that I just outlined the facts and evidence that obviously extracting more will bring the depletion date closer making the UK totally reliant on imported resources and the fact that the economic shock from the depletion needs to be taken into account when the government and future governments need this time to put in place policies to reduce that economic shock. I also highlighted the fact that the oil and gas companies where silent until the international wholesale price hit its recent high, now they want to have faster extraction to maximize profits, they currently have licenses sitting there been unused to extract more gas and oil but what is obvious is that building new rigs and extracting from a basin close to depletion is expensive and hard.
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
@mr_james_c The deindustrialization issue is decades long with no government having political will to tackle it.
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James Clark 📈📉¯\_(ツ)_/¯@mr_james_c·
It's odd that the "Thatcher is evil because she destroyed industrial jobs in Northern England" people seem to be very very quiet about Miliband and Labour doing *exactly the same thing* to Britain's oil and gas industry, steel industry, petrochemicals industry, farming, pottery industry, hospitality industry... basically any industry that uses electricity.
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
@JillBelch If you look at the history of that account it is always been corrected with actual facts, the poster does not look at any evidence that you post to correct them, its an ongoing issue.
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Dr Jill Belch
Dr Jill Belch@JillBelch·
Sorry. That’s nonsense. Around 137 countries (out of 198) now have net-zero targets. That covers 75–80% of global emissions. Why would they post this when it’s clearly not true? I wonder??
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
The facts omitted form the Article: 1. The depletion of the UK's gas and oil basin is estimated to be 2050, extracting more will bring that date closer and have the UK rely more on imported resources. 2. The UK currently has around 1% of the oil and gas market extracting more will not bring down the international wholesale price. 3. The UK shale is deeply fractured and not suitable for fracking this means that these resources are unable to be extracted safely and a official report states this fact by introducing earth quakes, there is also a risk to coastal communities.
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
@Telegraph The existing licenses are not been used because of the UK's basin been close to depletion estimated to be 2050, drilling more will bring this date closer, this is just political theatre playing to the masses without giving factual information just opinion.
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The Telegraph@Telegraph·
🛢️ In the face of an energy crisis caused by the war in Iran, the Conservative Party leader hit out at Labour for shutting down the North Sea and refusing to issue new oil and gas licenses Read Kemi Badenoch's lines in our latest politics report ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/…
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
Factual context: 1. The UK holds about 1% of international wholesale prices, if we extracted more it would not move the price at all. 2. The UK's basin is estimated to depleted in the resources that we CAN extract 2050, that is 24 years, if the UK raises extraction it brings this date closer. 3. Extraction companies want to extract more when the prices are high like it is now as it means more profit for them as they are private for profit companies. 4. existing licenses are not been used as a depleting basin is expensive and hard to extract from, thus decreasing profits for extraction companies.
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Agent P
Agent P@AgentP22·
Absolute madness. Net Zero Lunatic Ed Miliband is singlehandedly bankrupting the country.
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
Even if we doubled extraction rates it is estimated that the UK has about 1% of the market and this means that the UK can not effect the international wholesale price. the most meaningful way to reduce homes and business electricity bills would be modernise the Marginal Pricing system that is outdated for todays energy system, this system is currently 30-40% of the electricity bill.
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
This is factually incorrect on all levels. The national grid has published that it is planning to limit blackouts whilst its upgrading the system, this includes balancing and battery storage, you state wind drought but the UK has regional wind patterns each region is different, is the wind is still in one area it does not mean that it will be in anouther, this is basic.
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
By welfare reform? Job vacancies have been on a downward trend since the post covid peek when people returned to work, meaning millions of workers trying to find work in a shrinking job vacancy pool. Before reforming welfare the Ministers should tackle deindustrialization to secure the UK's manufacturing base, less dependency on imported good and creating job vacancies, reduce the skills gap the UK currently has. This underlying issue is spans multiple government's.
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John Redwood@johnredwood·
Monday’s Cobra economic crisis meeting needs to end the bans on UK oil and gas, cancel the autumn fuel duty increase , cut fuel duty and tax on domestic gas. This can be paid for by welfare reform, stopping the Chagos give away and no extra money for EU re set.
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UK Politics Decoded@uk_decoded·
@GazPembert99969 @ret_ward It is been utilized that is a fact, its the depletion of the resources that needs to publicly known and speeding it up so we are more reliant on imported resources earlier than necessary.
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gaz pemberton@GazPembert99969·
@uk_decoded @ret_ward I am only interested in utilising the resources we have in the North Sea. It is criminal not to.
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Bob Ward
Bob Ward@ret_ward·
Of course we should. And we should pretend that climate change doesn’t exist and net zero doesn’t matter. We should pretend that fracking poses no risk to surrounding buildings. And should pretend that more North Sea drilling will reduce bills. It is fun to pretend!
Lord Ashcroft@LordAshcroft

Of course we should be capturing more oil from the North Sea and commence fracking. As a first move and in the national interest rather than pandering at any cost to attaining net zero a first step would be to replace Ed Miliband…

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Andrew Bowie MP
Andrew Bowie MP@AndrewBowie_MP·
Rosebank and Jackdaw could both be supplying heat and light to millions of homes and British businesses by the end of this year. But they are stuck in limbo because Ed Miliband refuses to act in our national interest. He’s inflicting an act of economic self harm on our country.
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Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho@ClaireCoutinho·
The Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea could be up and running in just a few months. Enough gas to heat 1.6 million homes. Every single drop will go into our pipes. Ed Miliband is blocking it. Madness.
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Natalie Fleet MP
Natalie Fleet MP@NatalieFleetMP·
While London may want to rejoin, areas like mine that voted 70% to leave definitely do not. In an increasingly divided world, the last thing we need is to divide the country all over again by restarting this debate.
Pippa Crerar@PippaCrerar

Most senior Labour figure yet to openly call for party to put rejoining EU in next election manifesto. Will others now follow? (Very few even say this privately - but it’s a long time until the next election)…

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@KathrynPorter26 @1984EndDays @BenGrahamUK @TiceRichard @reformparty_uk @mr_james_c @JillBelch @Telegraph