SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn contradicts Nicola Sturgeon on controversial Cambo oil field

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New SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has opened up a split with Nicola Sturgeon on the controversial Cambo oil field plan.Flynn said the project could go ahead if it meets climate requirements, unlike the First Minister who said it "should not get the green light".In an interview with the Daily Record, Ian Blackford’s successor said: "My position on Cambo has never really deviated. "If it meets the climate compatibility checkpoint, if that's a strengthened climate compatibility checkpoint, as what the Scottish Government would like to see, then I'm not sure why it wouldn't go ahead."But it would need to meet the threshold as laid out.

That threshold, as I understand it... does take into consideration the necessity for energy security."He added: "I'm not entirely sure whether the Scottish Government's position, in terms of the statement that they have made, will have a direct impact on potential future investments in drilling in the North Sea but what I would hope is that industry would look at it on the basis of the fact that the Scottish Government been clear in and around the climate compatibility checkpoints but also the case of marrying needs of energy security."It will be for industry to highlight whether the developments that they want to take forward will meet those requirements."His comments jar with the scepticism of Sturgeon, who said in November 2021: "I don't think we can go on extracting oil and gas forever, and I don't think we can continue to give the go ahead to new oil fields."I have set out a proposal for a climate assessment and I think the presumption would be that Cambo could not and should not pass any rigorous climate assessment."So I don't think that Cambo should get the green light."The Cambo