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Major Labour donor to stop funding Just Stop Oil (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by mannycalavera@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] butterypowered@feddit.uk 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mr Vince, a major Labour donor, said further action was "pointless" because the government had shown it would drill for oil "come what may".

God that’s depressing.

Further disruption, he added, would help "feed the Tories' culture-war narrative".

Fair point but still depressing.

Instead, he said, he would divert funding to the anti-Conservative vote.

So no longer specific to halting oil production at all then. Sigh.

[–] Rogue@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

From the quotes you've selected it sounds like funding just stop oil is entirely pointless into the Tories are out of power. Hence refocusing funding towards that goal?