Ed Davey’s Fracking Hypocrisy
Amongst the trials and tribulations of the Tory management contest, the minor events have needed to do extra to reclaim some share of the media highlight. It’s on this context that the Liberal Democrats have tried to weigh in, with Ed Davey calling on all candidates to assist a fracking ban. This appears like an try to stay up for the fake environmentalism of house county NIMBYs…
What Ed Davey has failed to say in making his newly articulated tree-hugging pitch to Surrey SUV drivers is his personal previous enthusiasm for the very factor he’s opposing. Whereas serving as Power Secretary, the LibDem chief was amongst the largest advocates of the fracking business. Talking in 2012 as a member of the coalition authorities, Ed proclaimed “Tright here is an terrible lot of nonsense talked about fracking… I like shale gasoline”. He additionally voted towards plans to ban fracking. Clearly Davey is determined to disavow his legacy in authorities to appease the local weather critics, even when it means opposing measures to carry down gasoline costs. It’s not precisely the primary time the Liberal Democrats have switched positions after they assume it fits them…
