Liz Truss thought she’d get an easy ride on local radio… before getting skewered by Radio Lancs
"Do you know actually where they have been fracking?”, she was asked by BBC Radio Lancashire during a gruelling interview.
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Ed Miliband receives standing ovation for barnstorming conference speech
The shadow climate secretary also took a swipe at “19th century” Jacob Rees-Mogg for spreading “dangerous climate denial”.
Truss could slash personal taxes in ‘investment zones’ under economic plans
Those who live and work in the low-tax areas envisaged by the Prime Minister could see their own contributions cut, it is understood.
Polling shows all Liz Truss’s first major policy announcements are incredibly unpopular with public
"I'm starting to almost admire her complete detachment from normal political perception," journalist Ian Dunt said.
Watch: Comedian Munya Chawawa ‘meets Liz Truss on her first day at work’
Munya Chawawa chopped up clips from Truss's memorable speech from the 2014 Conservative Party Conference to create the video.
Watch: Rees-Mogg announces energy strategy will focus on extraction of fossil fuels
It comes as Green campaigners have reacted angrily to the appointment of Jacob Rees-Mogg as Business Secretary where he will be in charge of the energy and climate brief.
Truss received six-figure donation from the wife of a former BP executive during leadership campaign
Today she announced she will ditch a fracking ban, scrap green levies and support North Sea drilling.
Ben & Jerry’s send pointed message to new home secretary
Suella Braverman has been urged to chart a different course to her predecessor - one focused on human rights, justice, hope and compassion.
UK gas and energy producers will make £170 billion excess profits in next 2 years
Both Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have both signalled their opposition to a windfall tax on profits, preferring to increase borrowing instead.