Paul Novak
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130 appearances
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2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 1 Jul
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Our unions, I think, absolutely understand the need to get to net zero.
There are very, very real issues for unions representing people in energy-intensive industries,
in oil and gas, where, frankly, what they can't afford is for their members just to have warm words about just transition.
I mean, frankly, we've been through too many badly managed industrial transitions in the past where workers are left on the scrap heap.
So as we make that transition, workers need to know absolutely about things like job security, income security.
Has Ed Miliband been too ideological in this?
I don't think it's a case of being too ideological.
I think Ed's done some really good stuff.
But if you think about, for example, the investments in renewables, the commitments in next generation of new nuclear, I think it'd absolutely have the support of our unions.
Our unions in oil and gas, Unite and the GMB, I think are absolutely reflecting the concerns of the members in the North Sea about, well, show us the plan.
And show us the funding.
And at the moment, for example, in supply chains in the North Sea, there's a big gap there.
So, as I say, I mean, I grew up in Merseyside in the 80s.
I saw what happens when you get industrial transition wrong.
And I don't think that workers in the North Sea, workers in Aberdeen should be just on a wing and a prayer.
Don't worry, it's going to be OK.
No, I don't think it's a case of just drill, baby, drill.
I mean, I think it's got to be evidence-based.
If you think about Rosebank and Jackdaw, I mean, I'd be evidence-based.
I think there's an argument around energy security in particular.
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