Eric Trump has described the North Sea oil and gas industry as the "greatest in the world" and said it had been "totally mistreated" by the UK and Scottish governments. Arguably the greatest in the world and the way they've been treated is horrible. "All while buying oil from Russia, buying oil from Iran: it makes no sense to me. The previous Tory Government introduced a windfall tax on oil and gas profits, which the new Labour administration has hiked to 38% and extended to 2030. I think he'll get the hostages back in record time.

Source: Express November 21, 2024 11:27 UTC