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Grangemouth, Scotland
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We did say closing Scotland's only refinery would leave us fuel insecure - an oil producing country relying solely on imports in a volatile world with potential conflict, shipping problems, and at the very end of a supply chain. It wasn't exactly rocket science to predict 🚀
Decisive action needed for @GrangemouthJobs 👇
A union has called on the Scottish Government to take “decisive action” to save nearly 400 jobs at risk at a chemical firm in Grangemouth.
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I’ve written to the Prime Minister @andyburnham inviting him to Grangemouth.
Come and listen to workers and the wider community and then step in and make good on the promise of bringing jobs and prosperity back to forgotten industrial heartlands.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been urged to visit Grangemouth after chemical manufacturer Syngenta announced plans to cease operations, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
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The PM talks a great game on reindustrialisation. Now he has to walk the walk.
My constituents are not interested in UK Gov Ministers and Scottish Gov Cabinet Secretaries shrugging their shoulders and saying “commercial decision”.
Use power to benefit workers and communities.
“Not let up in our efforts”? When did they start!
@D_G_Alexander and his government have delivered no jobs for Grangemouth to date. Spend the money - re-industrialise now!!
1,000s jobs lost in Grangemouth over the last few years and sadly there maybe even more
Where are the jobs and investment promised? @andyburnham @JohnSwinney
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It's here! Delighted to receive the first paper copies of my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, from @VersoBooks.
An Injury to All is published on 27 October. You can pre-order it here: versobooks.com/en-gb/product…
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As recently as the 2014 independence referendum, oil was the lead economic subject in debates over the constitution. In recent years oil has mutated into a regional interest and jobs issue instead of a major macroeconomic one. That’s a symptom of North Sea decline. 🧵
Congratulations to Petroineos convenor and @GrangemouthJobs activist Chris Hamilton on his @ScottishTUC Organising Rep Award, presented by @JohnSwinney today in Dundee - well done Chris ✊️
Back to the "day job"!! Questioning the leader of SNP @JohnSwinney on failings of a just transition and plans for Scottish manufacturing on behalf of @UniteScotland members
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Britain has been at the apex of European refinery closure. Half a century of expansion from the early 1920s to the 1970s has been followed by 50 years of closure. Employment and capacity dwindled to just six refineries by 2024, before two of them shut last year alone.
“as a net importer of energy” 🤦♂️
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A good article by @ewangibbs but "Act of industrial vandalism" would be more accurate!!
Seeing your industry decline — but no idea what it means for your job
Politicians talk about the future -
but can't tell 1000s of North Sea workers how they or their communities will survive
This petition is pushing for real answers - please sign
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The closure of Grangemouth refinery was announced in 2023 when Claire Coutinho was the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero! She did nothing to save the refinery or protect our energy security. You couldn't make this up. It's incredibly brazen.
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Last year, Scotland’s only refinery at Grangemouth was allowed to close at the hands of Petroineos. Among other key products, Grangemouth made jet fuel. We’re made more vulnerable to supply shocks without it, just as @GrangemouthJobs warned we would be.
UK to receive last tanker of jet fuel from Middle East this week ft.trib.al/ifEY7KT
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Claims to have secured Grangemouth’s future and prospects for 300,000 hydrogen jobs!
Revisiting Scottish Government energy policy reports from 2021 would be quite funny if it wasn’t also wrapped up in the pain of lost jobs, expensive energy and climate failure.
Not even a year after losing a third of UK refining capacity - there’s now talk of fuel rationing.
Worse still in the process of those closures - thousands are out of work and hundreds of millions of pounds have been lost to our economy. Disgraceful!
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