More drilling in the North Sea would do nothing to improve the UK’s energy security, former military leaders have said, as a new analysis finds no fossil fuel importer is safe from chokepoints in the global supply chain. They made the comments as the Conservative party leader, Kemi Badenoch, launched a “get Britain drilling in the North Sea” campaign on Monday. “It will not bring down the price for consumers, nor will it deliver long-term energy security. He argued that the UK needed an energy strategy that was “focused on greater energy efficiency to reduce demand”. Tessa Khan, the executive director of Uplift, said this underlined the irrelevance of calls to “max out” the North Sea, describing them as “vapid, political game-playing at the expense of ordinary people”.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 31, 2026 12:51 UTC