Author: Refracktion

Mark Menzies MP – another shameful and piteous performance

Mark Menzies MP – another shameful and piteous performance

Opponents of shale gas exploitation here in the Fylde are well used to watching our MP, Mr Mark Menzies, sitting on the fence and claiming credit for having done something when in fact he is just doing a very good impersonation of the dog in “His Master Voice”. Back in...

A perfect answer to the industry and its PR

A perfect answer to the industry and its PR

Sometimes the fracking industry tries too hard and leaves themselves open to ridicule Shell made this “Oh So Clever” “arty” French love story to push “natural” gas It wasn’t long before this drew this far cleverer response from Brazil’s Observatório do Clima which makes Shell’s efforts look totally lame and...

Planning Appeals “Called In”

Planning Appeals “Called In”

The Secretary of State (Greg Clark) is to call in Cuadrilla’s two fracking appeals in Lancashire. The Planning Inspector will still produce a report but the decision will be made at Westminster. The reason given is that the drilling appeals (3134385 and 3134386) involve proposals for exploring and developing shale...

Stunts that go horribly wrong

Stunts that go horribly wrong

In the wake of the car-crash fail that was the Backing Fracking “rally” next to Blackpool Football Club we thought that maybe this hilarious #socialmedaifail video Should be added to this one As far as we can tell the only big thing that started on Friday was the lorry carrying...

It’s great to have some light relief

It’s great to have some light relief

Sometimes keeping up with the fracking debate can be dry and tedious. At other times though we are treated to entertainment which makes it all worth while. Today at Blackpool Football Club the bitterness which seem to surround the place whilst the Oyston sagas rumble on gave way to pantomime...

NWETF and Westbourne Communications

NWETF and Westbourne Communications

Over the last two days we have been looking at the links between the so-called North West Energy Task Force and Westbourne Communications.  We started to look at this when one of the NWETF panellists, Lee Petts, told us that “panelists aren’t involved in the day-to-day mechanics” of running the...

NWETF delete page showing questionable support

NWETF delete page showing questionable support

STOP PRESS: And it’s back – but minus three “supporters” who are presumably not supporters and with one added. The current version is therefore rather misleading as it now suggests that the list provided to LCC did not have these three names on it when rather clearly it did and...