Re; I can wait5 Oct 2018 21:38
I am certain that Jarrovian is absolutely correct. If the prospective and present oil-fields were to be, or were, stationed in, Yorkshire, Tyneside, South Wales, Lancashire or Derbyshire etc, then there would be little, if any, protest from the south coast nimby's. Where were the protesters when the Selby coalfields were commissioned, or to go further back, the Cornish tin mines (for Lynthip's benefit)? Get real, no oil, no dole money. There are many people in the north who wish they could afford to protest against many of the injustices of wealth distribution which never seem to benefit the real producers of wealth in this country / uk.