Prime minister Johnson was on TV news yesterday calling for global expansion of gas production as a way out of our current predicament. It is of a piece with his carbon-friendly attitude. Perhaps he could start by coming to the aid of Mozambique, a Commonwealth country, where the oil company Total has had to withdraw because of an Islamist insurgency. Some measure of peace has been restored to Cabo Delgado province thanks to troops supplied by Rwanda and South Africa, but more military assistance is required, not to mention a commission to resolve local grievances.
If Johnson is not moved by humanitarian motives to aid Mozambique, he might at least take a pragmatic view and restore one source of gas for the beleaguered economies of the West.
No comments:
Post a Comment