Trump, Farage, the Tories and the right-wing press are all calling for it, but here's why experts say extracting oil and gas from the North Sea can't bring down UK energy prices

Trump has long criticized the UK's energy policy and pushed Britain to drill more oil.

Trump's comments come at a time when the U.K. government has said the Iran war energy shock shows the need “to get off the fossil fuel rollercoaster.”

Trump, Farage, the Tories and the right-wing press are all calling for it, but here's why experts say extracting oil and gas from the North Sea can't bring down UK energy prices