', She added she does not fancy her chances in the competition, saying: 'I'm not a good baker, I don't have a great deal of skill so I'm fairly sure it won't go in my favour but we are all winning because we are protesting these fracking plans. Emma told the Press Association: "My sister has won celebrity Masterchef and is viciously competitive. At the time, Thompson was married to British actor Kenneth Branagh, but their marriage was dissolving following Branagh's now-public affair with actress Helena Bonham Carter. After a couple of circles around the group, who were shouting for him to stop it, the farmer drove off. Police were also called and also spoke to the actresses, who climbed over a gate and set up camp on land earmarked for gas exploration in Fylde, Lancashire. We are fighting for this land to remain frack free.'. "Before he did the job, he went to see a friend of his who was a bit witchy and she said he would meet his future partner on the film [Sense and Sensibility]," Thompson explains. Angry: An irate farmer sprayed muck at Emma Thompson and her Greenpeace friends after they trespassed on land earmarked for fracking, Lucky: The actress, pictured, was baking as the angry land owner circled her tent firing raw sewage in her direction. Emma Thompson and her sister Sophie faced a farmer spraying manure at them after they broke a court injunction to film a pastiche episode of the Great British Bake Off on a potential fracking site. A group of protesters were hit by the manure but the actresses remained dry in their tent, complete with Bake Off-inspired bunting. In 2014, Prime Minister David Cameron described fracking - short for hydraulic fracturing' - as 'good for our country'. But this afternoon the landowner, who leases the contested patch of land to fracking company Cuadrilla, drove his muck spreader in circles around the demonstrating group. "It proved to me our Government is saying one thing and doing the opposite.". ", She added she does not fancy her chances in the competition, saying: "I'm not a good baker, I don't have a great deal of skill so I'm fairly sure it won't go in my favour but we are all winning because we are protesting these fracking plans.". Protesters... First pictures of 'Peru Two' drugs mule after nearly three... 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The Government didn't like the outcome and appointed itself as the ultimate judge. On top of that she met her now husband, and they went on to raise 20-year-old daughter Gaia and adopt Rwandan refugee Tindy Agaba in 2004. The local community will be able to taste the cakes at a tea party after filming and people can cast their votes on Twitter to persuade the judge to pick their favourite. 'We need renewable energy, like wind and solar. The sisters' efforts will be judged by cake shop owner Kate Styles, from near Blackpool. "He assumed it wasn’t me because I was married and quite a lot older than him so he thought it might be Kate [Winslet].". She continued: 'I've been aware of this issue for a while with my work with Greenpeace and it came to a head for me when David Cameron went to the Paris Climate Conference and signed on to the protocol and then on the sly at Christmas, when nobody was looking, gave the nod to 200 fracking sites in Britain. Soon afterwards at least five police officers arrived - Lancashire Police said they were there for safety reasons and made no arrests. Read more:Emma and husband Greg Wise pose NAKED with FISH as they join actors against overseas fishing, "I have a feeling she's been up all night practising and I haven't been because I'm lazy. "It doesn't seem right that the only decision we will get to make is which is the best cake made on the site where Cuadrilla want to frack. 'It was not felt necessary or proportionate to maintain a police presence at the site but resources are available to attend again if necessary.'. In January, a leaked Governmental 10-page plan set out a timeline for the expansion of the shale gas industry in Britain. "Local residents and their councillors have played by the rules of our planning and democratic process in rejecting Cuadrilla's drilling plan. Is Greg Wise married to Emma Thompson, has he mentioned her on Celebrity Bake Off and who did he star as in The Crown? "But we are thrilled that Emma and Sophie Thompson have come here to support us.". She might have planned to do away with me while we are doing this. The sisters, who are also Greenpeace supporters, baked a wind turbine cake and a solar lemon cake in a white marquee complete with vintage utensils and bunting. 'It doesn't seem right that the only decision we will get to make is which is the best cake made on the site where Cuadrilla want to frack. The stars were filming a Great British Bake Off parody for Greenpeace when the owner of the field they trespassed on drove his muck spreader in circles around the demonstrators. 'I have a feeling she's been up all night practising and I haven't been because I'm lazy. Do dairy alternatives REALLY deliver? ', The government backs fracking and developing shale oil and gas in the UK, claiming it has the potential to: 'provide the UK with greater energy security, growth and jobs.'. By Martin Robinson, Uk Chief Reporter For Mailonline, Published: 13:30 BST, 27 April 2016 | Updated: 00:37 BST, 28 April 2016. Protesters are banned from the site, near Preston, after company Cuadrilla applied for an injunction in 2014. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, Emma Thompson Gets Help From Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in 'Saturday Night Live' Stage Hosting Debut, Emma Thompson Recalls Making 'A Very Loud and Inappropriate Noise' When Meeting Prince William, Emma Thompson Returns to the World of Jane Austen With ‘Emma’ Narration (Exclusive Clip), By signing up, you agree to our It was assumed that he would be an architect, so he studied architecture in Edinburgh. By signing up, you agree to our 'Local residents and their councillors have played by the rules of our planning and democratic process in rejecting Cuadrilla's drilling plan. Emma Thompson almost lost her chance at true love! It is not clear if the fracking company will now take civil action - but it appears unlikely. 'A local neighbourhood patrol attended and spoke to a representative of the protestors to establish their intentions. Sophie Thompson said: 'There's nothing like food to bring people together, and nothing like fracking to pull them apart. Friends of the Earth, which obtained the leaked letter, branded the proposed changes 'an attack on democracy'. But Ken Cronin, chief executive of UK Onshore Oil and Gas, said it was ‘ironic that Sophie Thompson, who uses gas stoves in videos to promote her own cook books, and her sister, who described Britain as “a cake-filled misery-laden grey old island”, should want to attempt to hijack the UK’s love of baking for an ill-conceived publicity stunt’. 'The Government didn't like the outcome and appointed itself as the ultimate judge. The star and her sister are taking part in Frack Free Bake Off on a site leased by energy film Cuadrilla. Greg Wise, Actor: Sense and Sensibility. 'Yet the Government has rigged the competition undemocratically to favour the fracking industry. She won the Oscar for Best Screenplay and was nominated for her role as Elinor Dashwood. The sisters are taking part in a Frack Free Bake Off, complete with white marquee, vintage utensils and bunting, on a site leased by energy firm Cuadrilla as a protest against the plans. Sophie said: "There's nothing like food to bring people together, and nothing like fracking to pull them apart. 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