Daily: CRUDE AWAKENING – How oil shaped Britain

<p>From public transport to plastic and even the vinyl in your record collection, petrochemicals don’t just pervade our daily life. They’ve shaped our national culture. <strong>James Marriott, </strong>co-author of <a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745341095/crude-britannia/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Crude Britannia</em></a><em>: How Oil Shaped a Nation</em>, tells <strong>Alex Andreou </strong>about the pipelines, people, and pop culture behind Britain’s petro-obsession – and how it impacted politics from Benn to Blair to Brexit.</p><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“The UK oil industry was a kind of offshore colony in the North Sea.”</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“If we hadn't had the IMF crisis in the 1970s, we would have kept strong state control over oil.”&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“As soon as Thatcher came in, the game was over and the oil companies won.”</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“£26 million in oil is being pumped from Aberdeen as we speak, but the tax income for the state is minimal.”</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“You see Nicola Sturgeon being photographed more in front of windfarms than oil distilleries.”&nbsp;</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>