One might expect the Chancellor of the Exchequer of all people to be aware of where tax comes from! Here is how the government defines the potential Shale Gas Wealth fund in its consultation document: So it is quite clear that it would be funded from “tax revenues” and...
According to reports Communities close to fracking projects to get another £1bn chancellor Philip Hammond announces in Autumn Statement Of course this isn’t really “another” £1bn – It’s the same £1bn they were wafting about earlier in the year and which was also announced in last year’s Autumn Statement –...
Political Issues / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published November 23, 2016 · Last modified November 29, 2016
On this site I have been critical of the stance adopted by our MP Mark Menzies on fracking. He has in my opinion, been far too ready to accept bland reassurances of gold standard and robust regulation, and his self-congratulation in getting UKOOG instead of the independent regulator he said...
Today, the results of the latest YouGov poll on fracking were announced. Now we’ve never been keen on YouGov polls on any subject as they are not a truly random sample – instead participants sign up to a panel to earn points and rewards, which might explain at least partly...
House Prices / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published October 5, 2016
The ludicrous Backing Fracking is really plumbing new depths now. Desperate to prove that property prices are not really suffering from the threat of fracking (they are) Backing Fracking has been stalking local residents, and when they came across a nugget of information that they thought could be used against...
Earthquakes / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Preese Hall / Public Opinion
by Refracktion · Published October 2, 2016 · Last modified October 3, 2016
No not policemen – edits to Wikipedia. There is a Wikipedia article on “Hydraulic fracking in the United Kingdom” which, until quite recently has served as a vehicle for our old friend, Ken Wilkinson, to push his views on fracking, and give himself something to quote from when his arguments...
Political Issues / Preston New Road / Public Opinion / Roseacre Wood
by Refracktion · Published September 30, 2016 · Last modified October 13, 2016
As we wait to find out what decision the Planning Inspector recommended to determine Cuadrilla’s appeal on the Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood applications, and how it will be supported, or otherwise, by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid, it has been interesting to...
Dangers / Environment / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published September 26, 2016
Today’s Times front page carries an article about a draft ruling made by the ASA on 5 complaints made about a Friends of the Earth Leaflet by fracktastic tag team of The Reverend Roberts and the now discredited Ken Wilkinson. Interestingly according to ASA procedures, all draft rulings must remain...
Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Regulation
by Refracktion · Published September 15, 2016 · Last modified September 20, 2016
Yesterday we were delighted to learn that, after a thorough 18 month investigation, Mike Hill was totally exonerated by the The Institution of Engineering and Technology with regard to 57 allegations that had been levelled against him. There were in fact two separate complaints brought against Mr Hill. The first...
Environment / Health Risks / Industry Tactics / Political Issues / Public Opinion / Uncategorized
by Refracktion · Published September 1, 2016
Today’s sermon from the Church of St Michael Insanum will be based on a text from Galatians 6:7 “For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” On Wednesday this week, Dr Ania Szolucha of the University of Bergen launched her peer-reviewed research paper on “The Social Futures of...
“They are lifting the ban, but they cannot supply the evidence, and the British Geological Survey report published today certainly does not do it. So in the absence of the evidence, his approach is to change the safety limits.
I look forward to him and his colleagues explaining his charter for earthquakes to the people of Lancashire, Yorkshire, the midlands, Sussex, Dorset and, indeed, Somerset who will be part of his dangerous experiment. Let me tell the Conservatives that we will hang this broken promise round their necks in every part of the country between now and the next general election."
Parliament 22 September 2022
"Additional UK production won’t materially affect the wholesale market price. This includes fracking – UK producers won’t sell shale gas to UK consumers below the market price. They’re not charities."
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Take the advice of Greg Clark, ex-Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government
"Those who are prepared to organise to be more effective and more efficient should be able to reap substantially the rewards of that boldness ...
Take power now. Don’t let yourself, any longer, be ruled by someone else"
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