# Britain's Rightwing Want to Drill for Nothing in the North Sea

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The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel through which around a fifth of the world's oil flows, was closed for eleven weeks at the start of the year and despite marginal re-opening under an Iran-administered toll regime, remains effectively closed.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://ageoftransformation.org/britains-rightwing-want-to-drill-for-nothing-in-the-north-sea/](https://ageoftransformation.org/britains-rightwing-want-to-drill-for-nothing-in-the-north-sea/)