Tagged: Andrea Leadsom

Really Mr Menzies?

Really Mr Menzies?

Our local MP Mark Menzies (Con) has already told us that he will support fracking provided there are “robust regulations in place“, but until now he has pretty much sat on the fence. Today, in a surprising attack on those opposing fracking, he accuses opponents of fracking of “scaremongering” and...

Andrea Leadsom – An energy minister for our times?

Andrea Leadsom – An energy minister for our times?

Maybe it is unreasonable to expect an MP, possibly promoted above their real ability to ministerial rank, to be a master of all of the nuances of their new brief. However, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to expect an Energy Minister to know whether UK energy demand is increasing or has...