Real Labour Leadership on Oil & Gas (in Norway)
The Oil & Gas industry is crucial for security, jobs and the welfare state.
Starmer’s Labour is buttoned up the back
Compare the pragmatic leadership of Norway’s Labour Party on oil and gas with the climate zealotry of its UK counterpart: one invests in a sustainable future for offshore workers, while Starmer’s Labour abandons the industry and outsources jobs and supply chains to China.
The contrast here is striking but predictable when you compare resource management philosophies. Norway's approach treats oil revenue as a temporary windfall that funds permanent welfare infrastructure, whileStarmer's position seems stuck in symbolic climate politics without a coherent transition plan. What's missing from both sides though is acknowledging that welfare states funded by extractive industries eventually face the same resource depletion problem Norway's sovereign wealth fund was literally designed to solve. The real test isnt whether you keep drilling, its whether the revenues actually buld durable systems or just paper over structural gaps.