BP is profiting from war
Responding to the news that BP’s Q1 profits have doubled due to Trump’s war in Iran, the Scottish Greens energy spokesperson, Patrick Harvie, has slammed the company's war profiteering.
Patrick said:
“These profits are obscene and they come on the back of chaos and destruction in Iran, and fuel poverty here at home. It is blood money and the result of a broken system.
“This is war profiteering plain and simple, and it underlines the immoral nature of the fossil fuel industry.
“It’s indefensible that so many other political parties are demanding massive tax cuts for the fossil fuel profiteers, at a time when millions of households are struggling with the soaring cost of bills and the weekly shop.
"The oil giants are raking it in, and the rest of us are suffering both from their climate wreckage and from the cost of living.”
“Far from stopping the windfall tax, we should be closing the loopholes and making it stronger to support people in fuel poverty and fund our transition to a cleaner, greener future.”