Aberdeen South MP Stephen Flynn has accused Nigel Farage of "telling fibs "over the future of the oil and gas industry in the North-east.
Speaking at the SNP conference in Aberdeen, Flynn criticised Reform UK's lack of focus on the energy transition and warned it could lead to a "cliff edge", the Press and Journal reports.
He warned: “I’ll tell you who is offering a cliff edge – Nigel Farage and Reform because what they are seeking to do is tell the public fibs.
“They’re saying that oil and gas will last forever, for 200 years. There’s nobody, nobody in this city who works in the industry who recognises that as a reality and that you can ‘drill baby drill’ for eternity.
“And in the meantime, what he’s saying is they’re going to scrap all offshore wind, all the carbon capture and storage, any form of renewable project whatsoever.
“So in 10, 15, 20 years time, maybe even sooner, our city will have a cliff edge forced upon it from which people will fall because there will be no jobs for them to go into. We need a transition that works for the workforce."
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