C4 News’s forensic takedown of Rishi Sunak’s oil and gas claims is 2 minutes very well spent
Rishi Sunak will drive a wrecking ball through commitments to tackle climate change with his plans to authorise more than 100 new North Sea licences to extract the UK’s oil and gas reserves.
The prime minister sought to justify his plans to ‘max out’ the nation’s carbon-based fuels, saying it would strengthen the UK’s energy security and reduce the cost of UK energy.
Channel 4 News and its correspondent Ciaran Jenkins took a moment or two to analyse Sunak’s claims, and it’s two minutes very well spent.
Does the UK need more North Sea oil and gas extraction?@C4Ciaran digs deeper into Rishi Sunak’s decision to grant new North Sea oil and gas licences. pic.twitter.com/DnubchMTyu
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) July 31, 2023
Roasted.
Ciaran Jenkins dissects Rishi Sunak's claims and finds it wanting. This is Grade A humiliation. pic.twitter.com/Ivc8hv0Q87
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) July 31, 2023
Rishi Sunak "gaslighted" a nation with new licences for the North Sea! (I do love a pun 👍🏼 but not its reality in this case)
Superb analysis from @C4Ciaran @Channel4News
We export 80% of our oil.
4% of gas is Russian. Price set internationally. More gas won't make it cheaper. https://t.co/T4uQxzoy8m— Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) August 1, 2023
We cannot believe a word this Government says https://t.co/RZ8qS4AOXn
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) July 31, 2023
Anyone interested in the actual facts VS claims the new oil and gas licences will bring UK energy prices down? This is quite the humdinger. Well done @Channel4News
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 https://t.co/Xizf1YU0Mn
— Liz Bonnin 💙 (@lizbonnin) July 31, 2023
Cc every Tory voter everywhere. https://t.co/8PBZgZI72W
— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) July 31, 2023
And that’s how you report the news. Rishi Sunak’s lies exposed in two minutes. https://t.co/YDzRLaST3V
— Duke of Preston (@DOPreston) August 1, 2023
This is real journalism. This is real public education.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the BBC fulfilled their public education remit like this. pic.twitter.com/nck7fx2LjW
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) July 31, 2023
And finally, this.
This is exactly the point. Extracting more North Sea oil is not about "securing our supply", or reducing the cost of UK energy, neither of which it will actually do.
It is a bung to dirty and declining industries, rather than investing in cleaner alternatives. https://t.co/lesdBXGuJ4
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) July 31, 2023
Source Twitter @Channel4News
