The news that MHCLG ministers couldn’t even wait to get their wretched Planning & Infrastructure Bill through Parliament before announcing another tranche of attacks on England’s planning system will surprise no-one who read about the frequent visits of developer lobbyists to the ministry to drink its coffee and to demand more. The latest thousand bomber raid was even graced with […]
Unnatural England
Gloomily contemplating a tweet by the Natural England quango this morning, I immediately wondered if it was time to put the poor, mutilated and hobbled beast out of its misery. The tweet is a one-minute video claiming that “together, we can unlock growth, scale up nature recovery and strengthen national security”. It’s just the latest bit of propaganda from a […]