How angry? Very angry.

A Conservative Peer has said today ( http://news.sky.com/story/1122219/lord-howell-frack-in-desolate-north-east ) that fracking ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing ) should be carried out in desolate areas like the North East to avoid any kind of threat to the rural environment.
Now last time I looked I am living in a rural environment which is one of the loveliest places I know, surrounded by countryside less that 3 miles from a glorious beach and within 20 minutes drive of the Northumberland National Park and Lindisfarne. Castles, country walks, beaches, lovely small market towns abound in what must be one of the finest places to live in the UK if not the World.

For example:
Look here: http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/
Or here: http://www.visithadrianswall.co.uk/
How about here: http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/
Or perhaps here: http://www.alnwickcastle.com/
Then of course there's here: http://www.alnwickgarden.com/
Not to mention here, the first house in the world to be lit by electricity: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cragside/
and that is just Northumberland. For brevity I have not linked to Durham Castle and Cathedral, the Wear and Tees Valleys, The North Yorkshire Dales, The Pennines, Whitby, Scarborough, need I go on?

I hope I have I made my point.

Finallly; I will forbear from making any comment on the Noble Lord who made this statement in case my anger at what he has said should lead me into choppy waters. I think following the links above should dispel any misapprehensions anyone may harbour as to the desolation or otherwise of the North East of England.
ttfn

Update 3 August 2013: apparently he meant the North West. So that's all right then!