Parties rethink old policies as Labour shifts on North Sea drilling
- Labour has dropped its opposition to new North Sea drilling.
- Badenoch is distancing herself from her party’s record in government.
- Hutton criticises Reform’s rhetoric on race and religion.
Robert Hutton’s column uses the idea of political “housekeeping” to describe parties discarding old policies and arguments after a fractious week. Labour’s move towards new North Sea oil and gas drilling has unsettled its opponents, while the changing positions leave the political debate increasingly focused on whether Margaret…