Britain is about to start fighting over fracking again

Britain is about to start fighting over fracking again

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK think there’s hundreds of billions of pounds worth of shale gas ripe for exploiting. But are they ready for the fracking backlash?

Lincolnshire mayor pledges to frack Gainsborough gasfield

The Reform UK mayor of Greater Lincolnshire has said her party will frack a shale gasfield near Gainsborough if it wins the next general election. Andrea Jenkyns, Reform UK mayor of Lincolnshire. Photo: still from video of event in Boston on 30 July 2025 Dame Andrea Jenkyns acknowledged there was currently a moratorium on fracking in England. But she said Reform pledged to “drill, baby, drill”. She told a Reform UK event in Boston this week tha…