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Last updated: 27 June 2022.

Argy-Bargy: Scottish Public Ownership of Scottish Oil?

 Slippery Brown calls for Brit State theft of Scots oil - a final insult?

Gordon Brown's call for part public ownership of Scotland's offshore oil by the UK Government in the Scotsman this week
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/gordon-brown-unveils-plan-to-keep-oil-flowing-1-3705731 might be unguardedly welcomed by some on the left – but wait a minute this is not the 'Red' Broon of the seventies but the City loving, independence hating, and PPP/PFI promoting Broon of the 21st century Blairite Labour.

This is the Janus-faced Broon who told Scots before the referendum that the infamous 'Vow' would mean home rule/devo max/near federalism, then after the referendum said it meant nothing of the kind.

From that perspective doesn't this just look a bit like resource colonialism?

Our oil should of course be publicly owned - but by the people of Scotland in an independent or Devo Max Scotland. Anything else is just continued misappropriation of a vital national asset for foreign state interests.

Agree or Disagree?