Scotland’s North Sea energy: a burden when we talk about independence, but a valuable asset when Westminster needs the money?
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🏴 Keith Brown: “Every single penny of revenue from our oil and gas industry should be invested in Scotland’s renewables future,”
“The one trillion pound question for the Labour UK Government is will they guarantee that or will we see our energy revenues pay for English nuclear power down south.” itv.com/news/2026-10-24/snp-…
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The SNP have hit out at the BBC ahead of a Question Time show which is due to debate Scottish oil and gas without any Scottish representation on the panel
SNP MSP Laura Mitchell said the BBC line-up was the 'perfect representation of the story of Scotland’s energy – zero Scottish say over our own resources'
⚡️ Scotland is energy rich, yet has some of the highest energy bills in Europe. It's time for a fresh start with lower energy bills. Support our campaign by pledging your support and encourage your followers to do the same. snp.org/energy
ALT Comparison of Scotland and Norway's choices after discovering North Sea oil in the 1960s, highlighting control over resources and economic outcomes.
ALT Black and white photo of Margaret Thatcher with text about lost Scottish revenues and missed investment opportunities during her era.
ALT Norway invests oil profits into a sovereign wealth fund supporting public services and future generations.
ALT Text highlighting Scotland's high energy bills despite renewable energy production, urging action at SNP.org/energy.
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Make no mistake about it this is a disaster for the media landscape in Scotland. We have been successively failed by the BBC and repeatedly short changed in what we contribute. Has been the case since they failed to devolve broadcasting in the Scotland Act thenational.scot/news/266544…
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The most damning inditement and most depressing feature of this debilitating union and its damage to our nation.
🇳🇴 Norway’s national wealth fund: £2 trillion.
🏴 Scotland’s national wealth fund under Westminster control: £0.
Norway has invested its energy wealth for the benefit of current and future generations, helping to support its public finances. Whilst Westminster has squandered this opportunity for Scotland.
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🇳🇴 Norway’s national wealth fund: £2 trillion.
🏴 Scotland’s national wealth fund under Westminster control: £0.
Norway has invested its energy wealth for the benefit of current and future generations, helping to support its public finances. Whilst Westminster has squandered this opportunity for Scotland.
‘We'd have a British sovereign wealth fund now that will be worth probably a trillion pounds’
Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP suggests what Britain could have gained if it had set up an energy wealth fund like Norway’s back in the 1980s
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Only when Scotland’s energy is in Scotland’s hands with independence can Scotland’s people reap the rewards of our vast energy wealth.
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Britain’s missing sovereign wealth fund… Treasury officials have modelled that had the UK done what Norway did with North Sea revenues, there would be a £1 trillion fund…
As Chancellor sets up Energy Wealth Fund, a look at the long historical argument about where the oil windfall went, including from interviews with those who have run Norways $2.4 trillion fund, now the biggest in the world, filled from the proceeds of the same North Sea.
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Tomorrow's front page 📰
Labour accused of 'climate vandalism' after approving Jackdaw gas field
🇳🇴 Norway’s national wealth fund: £2 trillion.
🏴 Scotland’s national wealth fund under Westminster control: £0.
Norway has invested its energy wealth for the benefit of current and future generations, helping to support its public finances. Whilst Westminster has squandered this opportunity for Scotland.
‘We'd have a British sovereign wealth fund now that will be worth probably a trillion pounds’
Chancellor @JohnHealey_MP suggests what Britain could have gained if it had set up an energy wealth fund like Norway’s back in the 1980s
#Peston
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🏴 @TheSNP Scottish Government continues to champion fair work, supporting higher wages and tackling in-work poverty. With around 76,000 workers set to benefit as the Real Living Wage rises to £14.10 an hour, putting more money in people's pockets and supporting families.
Scotland is paying the price for Westminster control.
ALT Comparison graphic showing Norway and Scotland's energy wealth: Norway, labeled as independent, has a £2 trillion wealth fund, while Scotland, labeled as Westminster controlled, has £0.00 in its wealth fund, emphasising that both nations are rich in energy but only one controls its wealth.
Independence is a hopeful opportunity for the people of Scotland. It’s a chance to walk side by side with our friends across the UK, with all the powers of an independent nation 🏴 @JohnSwinney
Independence isn't about turning our backs on our neighbours.
It's about Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland working together as friends, partners and equals, each with the power to shape their own future.
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ALT Quote from John Swinney MSP on independence emphasizing unity and equality at SNP Annual National Conference 2026 with his photo.
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🎙️ Good to catch up with Laura Webster from @ScotNational for a live podcast interview at #SNP26 conference, discussing Scotland’s future and the big questions facing our movement.
