END FRACKING FICTION

The Government made a dramatic U-turn to give the go-ahead to fracking last week, despite publishing a review that found geologists still had “limited” understanding of how likely it was to cause tremors.

Just days earlier, former fracking lobbyist, Michael Stott, was appointed head of business liaison for Downing Street.

Ben Jackson, director of the Climate Centre, which created this spoof movie poster of Meet the Fockers, said: “We are hearing the sinister sound of the gas lobby infiltrating our political dialogue.

“No one questions that the UK needs more home-grown energy, but after a decade of argument, it’s very clear that fracking will mean major sacrifices for local communities, most of them in the North of England.

“Instead, we’re being fed the false narrative that fracking and North Sea oil and gas is the only answer in this crisis.”

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