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Kate Plummer
Oct 14, 2022
Liz Truss disagrees with Jacob Rees-Mogg calling opponents of fracking 'luddites'
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In a savage little dig to the prime minister, someone appeared to rename a fracking site in Blackpool 'Liz Truss Career Memorial'.
The change was spotted on Twitter user @marybaphomet who praised the "absolute legend" who renamed the site, but now it looks like it has been taken down.
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\u201cSomeone's renamed the fracking site near Blackpool.\n\nYou absolute legend.\u201d— S\u00efst\u0113r M\u00e4ry B\u00e4ph\u00f8m\u0113t\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@S\u00efst\u0113r M\u00e4ry B\u00e4ph\u00f8m\u0113t\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1665606111
During the time it was online, the 'memorial' got numerous reviews mocking the PM.
One person joked that it was a restaurant, while another said there was "lots of space to practice u-turns in your car" in a nod to Truss's embarrassing tendency to change her mind on a number of issues including the 45p tax rate.
\u201c@vergeclub @marybaphomet And it's already got some reviews...\u201d— S\u00efst\u0113r M\u00e4ry B\u00e4ph\u00f8m\u0113t\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@S\u00efst\u0113r M\u00e4ry B\u00e4ph\u00f8m\u0113t\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1665606111
Meanwhile, the internet joker perhaps chose a fracking site to troll the PM because she wants to boost drilling for shale gas, despite protests from environmentalists, opposition parties and some Tory MPs.
Indeed, Truss’s first act in office was to lift the moratorium on shale gas drilling – blamed for causing earthquakes – despite a 2019 manifesto promise not to allow fracking unless it was scientifically proven to be safe.
Truss just keeps getting owned.
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