CAMPAIGNERS to stop Rosebank took to the streets across the country on Saturday, protesting outside the offices of oil giants and in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s backyard.

In Aberdeen, environmentalists joined forces with Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC), protesting at the offices of Equinor and Ithaca to call for a ban on the development of the 300-million barrel field.

Speaking from the protest — one of almost 20 which took place around the country — Aberdeen SPSC activist, Kate Ramsden told the Star: “Rosebank isn’t just an environmental disaster, Ithaca’s involvement would generate hundreds of millions for Delek who are already literally fuelling the genocide in Gaza. 

“Starmer needs to locate his conscience and stop Rosebank.”

Four hundred miles away, campaign groups including Mothers Rise Up took that same message to the heart of Sir Keir’s Holburn and St Pancras constituency.

Mothers Rise Up’s Lorna Powell said: “Approving new fossil fuel projects like Rosebank in the context of an escalating, deadly climate crisis is simply unjustifiable.”

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said its priority was to “deliver a fair, orderly and prosperous transition,” but could not comment on individual licences.