Ed Miliband DEMANDS fracking ban as he vows to 'send the frackers packing'

Mr Miliband told the conference: "We sent those frackers packing. I say let's ban fracking and vow to send this bunch of frackers packing too."

Taking aim at Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, the Energy Secretary said him and his party are a "job-destroying, bill-raising, poverty-driving, science-denying, [Vladimir] Putin-appeasing, young-people betraying bunch of ideological extremists".

He continued: "And we know where they want to go next because they have told us – fracking. Fracking in your communities. Fracking will not take a penny off bills. It will not create long-term sustainable jobs.

"It will trash our climate commitments, and it is dangerous and deeply harmful to our natural environment. Friends, the good news is that communities have fought back and won this fight before and will do so again."

Mentioning the Conservatives, Mr Miliband called out former Prime Minister Liz Truss's attempt to "overturn" the ban.

He said: "Remember Liz Truss on her 42 days of disaster? The Tories tried to overturn the fracking ban led by Jacob Rees-Mogg.

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"Remember him? Yeah, who could forget him either?"

Demanding a ban on fracking, the Energy Secretary said: "Friends, I've got a message for you. We sent those frackers packing. I say let's ban fracking and vow to send this bunch of frackers packing too."

Taking aim at the Reform UK leader further, Mr Miliband warned: "Reform would wreck everything we are doing. They’ve said they would ‘wage war’ on clean energy.

"A culture war they are importing from the United States, driven by the rich and powerful interests who fund them. Let’s spell out what Reform’s war means: It’s a war on the workers at the Siemens wind turbine factory in Hull; it’s a war on the construction workers building carbon capture and storage in Teesside; it’s a war on the workers at the new cable factory in Scotland; and a war on the working people of Britain.

He added: "There is an all out war on future generations too. I’m incredibly proud of British climate leadership, I’m incredibly proud of Labour climate leadership. And I say Reform’s war on the future would betray every young person in our country and every person yet to be born.

"You see, the truth is, I wish Nigel Farage was just the snake oil Tory city boy we've known about for years. He's actually morphed into something even more dangerous. He's now a key part of a global network that wants to destroy the ties that bind our communities and our way of life. And I can sum up the threat for you in two words."

Calling out tech mogul Elon Musk, Mr Miliband added: "Elon Musk. He incites violence on our streets, he calls for the overthrow of our elected Government. He's an enabler of disinformation through X.

"He thinks he can tell us how to run Britain. Conference, we have a message for Elon Musk. Get the hell out of our politics and our country."