Boycott of oil-drilling countries urged in proposal

SCOTLAND should be avoided by travellers and its goods boycotted as long as oil and gas is extracted from the North Sea, an SNP activist has appeared to suggest.

“Boycott countries who take more fossil fuels out of the ground... don’t visit the countries, don’t buy their goods,” she said, despite the implications for her home nation.

Susan Dyer also told her party’s conference that petrol rationing and a ban on making non-electric cars should be considered to tackle the climate change crisis.

She urged people to “flood Boris Johnson’s mail box with demands” as she held up his parliamentary email address.

Ms Dyer had proposed a motion calling on the SNP to “set out a roadmap to the year 2025” with specific climate targets, including a “state owned and run integrated transportation system… all powered by renewables”.

It also urged the conference to “stop prevaricating about what is practical or affordable and do whatever it takes to avert this existential threat”.

She said: “The next five years are critical. In that time there will be an independence referendum. This gives us a glimmer of hope. Scotland could lead the way.”

She added: “Boycott countries who take more fossil fuels out of the ground or cut down rain forest. Don’t visit the countries, don’t buy their goods.”

Delegates amended Ms Dyer’s motion to remove the reference to doing “whatever it takes” and replaced it with agreeing to support all positions agreed by the United Nations.

However, the rest of the motion survived, and an extra section on having a plan to expedite work on making buildings more energy efficient was included.