Andrea Leadsom

Post-Brexit Blues

Leadsom To Get Rid Of Forests And Find Pesky Foxes

When Andrea Leadsom became Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change last year, serving under Secretary of State Amber Rudd, she recalled asking her new department two crucial questions. In her own words: ‘When I first came to this job one of my two questions was ‘Is climate change real?’ and the other was ‘Is hydraulic fracturing safe?’ And…

Post-Brexit Blues

Clean Conscience Prevents Andrea Leadsom Clearing Up Her CV

When conscience perturbs politics, Andrea Leadsom abstains in her own particular way. Back in 2013, she was one just 7 Tory MPs who formally abstained from endorsing gay marriage, as the third reading of the bill passed in the Commons by a vote of 359 to 154. 127 Conservatives voted against. Abstaining meant walking through the No Lobby then the Aye…