Rees-Mogg tells Tories he’d welcome fracking in his back garden
by Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent from on (#64AZT)
Speaking at a conference fringe event, business secretary dismisses those who oppose practice as socialists'
Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he would be delighted" for his back garden to be fracked, as he risked deepening divisions within the Conservative party by deriding those who oppose the controversial practice as socialists".
The business secretary was bullish about restarting fracking in England after a nearly three-year moratorium, saying the current limit of magnitude 0.5 to avoid mini-earthquakes being caused was ridiculously low".
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