Rees-Mogg’s neighbours fail to share ‘delight’ at back garden fracking

Few in Somerset MP's constituency share his enthusiasm but some do agree with need for unpopular measures'

The sun was shining and the wind blowing steadily across Jacob Rees-Mogg's manicured garden and the Somerset hills beyond.

It's obvious on a day like this, isn't it?" said Gary Marsh, a stonemason and a neighbour of the business secretary and Conservative MP for North East Somerset. We should be putting more money into solar and wind energy. Plus tidal power on the coast at places like Burnham-on-Sea and Weston-super-Mare. Not fracking, messing with the earth and water."