Only 8% of the population but 82% of the oil and gas yet ‘UK’ gets 20 times the mentions in a BBC Scotland report

BBC Reporting Scotland in BBC Breakfast today and on their website, below:

In the text, ‘Scot’ appears only once in the 700 plus word report, 17 paragraphs down:

Both projects had already been given the go-ahead under the previous Conservative government but were successfully challenged in the Scottish courts on environmental grounds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c65ym93p73xmo

‘UK’ appears 19 times.

What percentage of UK gas and oil is or could be raised in Scottish waters?

82%

Source: https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2019/09/oil-and-gas-production-statistics-2018/documents/oil-and-gas-production-statistics-2018-summary/oil-and-gas-production-statistics-2018-summary/govscot%3Adocument/oil-gas-production-2018-summary.pdf

So 82% of the oil and gas but only 8% of the UK population?

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One thought on “Only 8% of the population but 82% of the oil and gas yet ‘UK’ gets 20 times the mentions in a BBC Scotland report

  1. Remember that BBC Scotland exists to run down Scotland, its people, its achievements, its government and any foolish aspirations of being an actual country.

    BBC Scotland is a propaganda outfit dressed up as a broadcaster, nothing more.

    Stephen McKenzie

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