Posted on 10/26/2022 10:27:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Almost as quickly as UK Prime Minister Liz Truss was ousted from office, so too was her (now-temporary) order to resume gas shale fracking - a plan which included offering UK households £1,000 each for allowing the practice in their neighborhoods.
According to the Financial Times, her successor - the WEF-sponsored (of "great reset, eat bugs, own nothing and be happy" fame) Rishi Sunak is reversing Truss's order, and reinstating the fracking ban.
During his first prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, the new UK prime minister told MPs that he “stands by” the Conservative party’s 2019 manifesto commitment that halted fracking. The moratorium was briefly lifted by Truss during her brief period as prime minister. -FT
The 2019 manifesto - which followed a 2.9 earthquake caused by private fracking company Cuadrilla - reads; "We placed a moratorium on fracking in England with immediate effect. Having listened to local communities, we have ruled out changes to the planning system. We will not support fracking unless the science shows categorically that it can be done safely."
As such, former PM Boris Johnson's government announced that all new fracking wells would be banned, and the country's only active site in northwestern England would immediately shut down.
Truss's reversal was set to increase North Sea drilling, a renewed focus on accelerating offshore wind farms, a pre-announced £400 energy bill discount and the removal of green levies costing £150 - capping the typical household energy bill approximately £1,971.
Sunak, however, is still advocating for offshore wind plants "and more nuclear," adding "that is what this government will deliver."
UK NatGas production had been notably declining since 2000.
The news brings clarity to Jacob Rees-Mogg's Tuesday resignation. Rees-Mogg, a fracking advocate, was placed in charge of the UK's energy strategy by Truss. He notably warned against 'climate alarmism' and said that he wants cheap energy for his constituents "rather more than I would like them to have windmills."
Rebecca Newsom, head of politics for Greenpeace UK, said Mr Rees-Mogg was the "last person who should be in charge of the energy brief," adding that "appointing him to the brief now suggests the Tories have learned nothing from some years of energy policy incompetence."
The Greta will be pleased, we're sure.
Soon we’ll be reminiscing about the Golden Age of Liz Truss...
"Now go get your CoVid boosters."
Conservatism doesn’t exist in the U.K. The term itself is relative. They use the word over there but it means something completely different than what Americans understand.
Just like the rest of their dialect, the British never say what they mean. Only they understand each other, and they prefer it that way, because it allows them to throw all kinds of goofy slang around and laugh at Americans who don’t understand it, even though it’s technically English.
And Labour will complain heating is too expensive so there needs to be another tax on energy.
Like l said England is as dead as 8 tracks
RE: Conservatism doesn’t exist in the U.K. The term itself is relative.
That’s why the word is put in quotes.
And yes, North Korea’s Official name is The “Democratic People’s Republic” of Korea ( I put the quotes there ).
RE: Soon we’ll be reminiscing about the Golden Age of Liz Truss...
Soon, 10 Downing Street will be listed in AirBNB for short term lease. LOL.
He likes to BOW too!
Neil Farage predicted that, because of the Tories’ leadership antics and the refusal to give their voters what they want, they are going to lose the next election in epic fashion. The Tories are in competition with the GOP to see who can suck the worst.
The Tory party will get destroyed in the next election, you would hope when the voters totally reject them, they would have a moment of self-reflection and examine their positions. if they don’t the tory party will cease to exist, right now the tory party is labor lite...
This is bad news
..."Indian son rises over an empire,".........
on the leading English-language NDTV channel. 
For some reason, though, you haven't connected the dots between globalism and the war in Ukraine. It's all part of the same agenda and about globalists continue suck money out of Ukraine.
Articulate, and Clean he is...;)
“Conservatism doesn’t exist in the U.K.”
Hunger does. Sitting stone cold in your house does. Unable to drive your car because no fuel does. Watching the value of your paycheck diminish due to inflation does.
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