Trump hails Prime Minister Andy Burnham for 'getting it done' on North Sea gas where Starmer 'never got it done'

President Donald Trump said the Jackdaw approval goes 'against the liberal principle' but that Andy Burnham 'knows what's right'. He claimed it will make Britain 'a very rich country', though he appeared to confuse the gas field with oil. Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh approved Jackdaw on Wednesday, 150 miles east of Aberdeen. The bigger fight over the Rosebank oil field still looms.

Trump on Sir Keir Starmer: 'He's a very nice man, but he never got it done.'

Fahnbulleh acknowledged that the Jackdaw decision would do nothing to reduce household bills and generates only 27 jobs.

Fahnbulleh is reportedly minded to block Rosebank, setting up a Labour split.