General Election 2017: Conservatives Isolated as Only Major Party to Back Fracking

Source: Desmog UK

 

Theresa May today launched the Conservative party manifesto, eager to differentiate her party from the Liberal Democrats that are making a land-grab for the anti-Brexit centre, and a Labour party swinging leftwards and away (or possibly slightly towards) Europe.

But among the Conservatives’ vague anti-immigration promises and plans to tie social care to the value of an individual’s estate was a stark fact — the Tories are now the only major party in the UK that does not oppose fracking.

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