Announcing his decision on social media, Mr Skidmore said: "The bill would in effect allow more frequent new oil and gas licences and the increased production of new fossil fuels in the North Sea.

“I can no longer stand by. The climate crisis that we face is too important to politicise or to ignore.”

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    5 months ago

    A tory that doesn’t completely act like a human skidmark and has the name Skidmore…tragic

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    Black and viscous, bound to cure blue lethargy

    Sugar-plum petroleum for energy

    Tightrope-balanced payments need a small reprieve

    Oh, please believe, we want to be

    In North Sea Oil

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    5 months ago

    He disagrees with the party line, so he quits rather than try to affect change? Sounds like a Tory to me

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      he’s quitting because next week he would be voting against the whip and be kicked out anyway, this way he gets a few headlines and is able to say what they’re doing is wrong and why.

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        5 months ago

        Understood. Thanks for the info, I’m definitely not that aware of British politics

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      He has zero chances of affecting change in the party, he’s withdrawing his vote from them. It’s a perfectly fine thing to do.