LIZ Truss has been mocked for her recent announcement regarding fracking, through a cheeky edit on Google Maps.
The Cuadrilla Resources fracking site, situated in the countryside just outside of Blackpool, Lancashire, has been edited to be called the “Liz Truss Career Memorial”, following backlash on the Prime Minister’s plans to allow fracking to take place in the area.
A tweet with a screenshot of the area was posted on Wednesday night, reading: “Someone’s renamed the fracking site near Blackpool. You absolute legend.”
The screenshot shows the large, drab, concreted area in the countryside from above, complete with a blue marker featuring the silhouette of a castle, tagged as the “Liz Truss Career Memorial”.
The tweet has received over 12,000 likes, 2,000 retweets and dozens of comments.
One comment joked: “Over five hours drive for me. Not sure whether she will still have a career when I get there.”
Another user added: “Still there. Amazing! And what reviews!”
A third reply read: “This has made my day today, whoever did this, I salute you.”
Casper Horton-Kitchlew is the man behind the name-change at the location.
Speaking today, the 30-year-old said: “There wasn’t a plan to be honest! There was that radio interview where Truss said she’d never been to that fracking site and I thought – well neither have I so had a look on Google Maps.
“The big lump of concrete looked so out of place in the countryside, I just thought ‘Wow. Why would someone push for this so close to towns and villages?’
“We know we don’t need fracking and that there are renewable energy sources -pushing for it is career suicide, hence the career memorial.
“Over the last two years I’ve met hundreds of people who are passionate about protecting the UK’s environment and getting us off oil and gas.
“To have this Government come in and take massive steps backwards has been a big shock – and I don’t think the public will stand for it.
“It’s been pretty depressing to watch, but it can’t last.
“This whole Government has read the room wrong. Not understanding that people in the UK really care about the climate and environment will be the end of Liz Truss’ career.”
The altered name has since been removed by Google, but online users still managed to leave a collection of hilarious reviews in the time it was visible.
One review read: “Lots of space to practice U-turns in your car.”
Another review said: “Blackpool’s answer to Dismaland; organised through the festival of Brekzhit & Moofast, with the theme of ‘Where half-lives go to decay’. Featuring Bojo’s kool retreats.”
Casper, from Peckham, London, admitted that he had forgotten about even making the name change until he received an email from Google, flagging the change up.
He said: “Honestly I put it up about two weeks ago and forgot about it until last night.
“I had an email from Google saying its been flagged for suspicious activity and I spent a good five minutes laughing at the reviews and comments.
“Quite funny really. The only reviews I left before this were for pubs!”
The Cuadrilla Resources site in Lancashire had previously caused a 2.9 magnitude earth tremor in August 2019.
Any work on the site was prohibited by the Government the same year, after concerns were raised over the tremors.
However, this ban has since been reversed by Liz Truss, due to the recent publication of a scientific review into Hydro-fracturing practice by the British Geological Survey (BGS).
This review concluded that there is still a limited amount of knowledge about the effects of fracking.
As such, the controversial practice is seen as a viable solution by the Prime Minister in the midst of the ongoing energy crisis.
