We cannot escape our need for fossil fuels – it’s time the PM put the country before party politics
Get drilling Comment now Next EVEN Andy Burnham’s own MPs are desperate for him to lift the ban on more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea and to scrap crippling Net Zero taxes. While he dithers, British industries are being driven to the wall by unaffordable energy prices and red tape. MPs are desperate for the PM to lift the ban on more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea Credit: PA It’s time Burnham finally put the good of the country before narrow party politics Credit: Reuters Advertisement Jobs are threatened; ordinary people struggle to heat their homes; and the country faces increased energy insecurity at a time of dangerous global instability. So what’s the hold-up? He didn’t want to make a decision before the Holborn and St Pancras by-election in case it put off eco-minded voters. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Email address Please provide a valid email. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy You'll now receive top stories, breaking news, and more, straight to your email. In the event, he needn’t have been so cynical. Zack Polanski’s Gaza-obsessed Greens were already imploding. It’s time the PM finally put the good of the country before narrow party politics . READ MORE SUN SAYS THE SUN ON SUNDAY SAYS PM's cosy Man City links raise questions over devolution plans THE SUN SAYS PM must fix real problems Britain has – not open an insane Brexit can of worms No one is suggesting a total halt on green energy solutions, but we cannot escape our present need for fossil fuels. It is an exercise in national self-harm to depend on other countries to supply those same fossil fuels when we have plenty of our own. Basket cases CONFUSED by ever-changing guidelines on what food the state thinks you should and shouldn’t choose to eat? You certainly will be after the latest attack on family grocery staples proposed by the nanny state. Advertisement Most read in The Sun TERROR 'PLOT' Iranian operative 'plotting chilling new terrorism campaign from inside jail' FATAL DRIVE First pics of man, 35, killed alongside boy, 6, after mum drove on soccer field NET ZERO REVOLT Andy Burnham faces Labour revolt over North Sea drilling ban and Net Zero It’s not just energy drinks, burgers and ready meals in the sights of the We Know Best brigade. It’s bran flakes, cholesterol-lowering yoghurt drinks, soya milk, low-fat rice puddings and corn flakes which the Government now wants to demonise. Restrictions on supermarkets advertising such products or including them in multi-deal promotions — like buy-one-get-one-free — will hit the poorest hardest because they spend the greatest proportion of their income on food. While families need all the help they can get with the cost of living , supermarkets will be banned from including traditional favourites in money-off deals. Labour governments always think they should be the ones to decide what you spend YOUR money on. But the latest diktats are more ludicrous than usual. Advertisement The PM should tell the Nutrient Police to BOGOF. BBC Bites-lies THE left-wing bias ingrained in the BBC’s news output — demonstrated with alarming regularity — is bad enough. But indoctrinating children through its education site BBC Bitesize — with left-wing ideology on illegal migration, Net Zero and other issues — is a new low, both shocking and insidious. It has to change. If the Corporation cannot be trusted to be impartial it should have absolutely no right to force people to fund it. Or to criminalise them if they won’t. Comment now