LABOUR IN GOVERNMENT - THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR REMAINING COUNTRYSIDE AMID A BURGEONING POPULATION

Today will see the King's speech, where plans are laid out for the forthcoming Parliament.  Among the myriad of policies will be the intention to build 1.5 million homes over the next five years.  Those at the top of the Labour pile make this statement with pride, as if the public are supporting their quest to concrete over our remaining fields and orchards. The shares in house-builders and developers rose significantly as the election result was announced, that in itself is telling.  

I have held the view for some years now that any UK government must surely be sponsored by the National Association of House Builders, such is their mission to destroy thousands of years of beauty, while at the same time creating look-alike estates lacking imagination in design or quality.  No doubt the percentage target for 'Affordable housing' will increase with the Government's crusade in helping the helpless.   

The Labour Party has a history of fawning to the unemployed, the wastrel, seasoned benefit claimants and those with inflated families, many households spanning all the aforementioned of course!  The desire to take the two-child cap off of Child Benefit is a typical indicator of Labour thinking.  I suspect they consider large families to be more sympathetic to voting Labour at forthcoming elections.  They have traditionally cultivated support from the ethnic minorities over the past decades, although the ever-increasing Muslim vote, (brought about by the ever-increasing number of UK resident Muslims), went a tad awry at the recent elections. That discussion is for another post!

What concerns me most is the complete indifference all governments give to the very residents affected by these monstrous, bland estates.  You then have to consider the social standing, the quality of the tenants/part-owners/stakeholders/Gawdknowswhatowners that will inhabit these prize-winning developments that provide the trough of plenty for directors and shareholders alike!  I trust that doesn't' sound overly pompous, but no-one I have ever discussed future development taking place in their village has welcomed  'social housing' being 'at their end' of the road.  

Have we learnt nothing from the Russian invasion of Ukraine?  We need land on which to grow our own food.  We need to protect our own future.  We cannot keep taking in the world's displaced, the benefit-hunter, those discriminated against in their own country, be they homosexual, lesbian, transwhatevers or for any other reason to seek refuge here.  My policy is clear:  Bugger off and seek refuge elsewhere, we are FULL!  As I write this piece, another boatload will be setting sail from a French beach bound for Blighty and a future backed by a Labour government hell-bent on continuing the destruction of what we once regarded as British society.  

Ah well...  I think a cuppa is in order.  English Breakfast Tea, supported by a side-plate of toast  (Two slices), ladened with Lurpak butter and Waitrose Apricot Conserve.  This warming edible start-to-my-day will be consumed along with my seemingly ever-increasing colation of tablets for various ailments and age-related conditions.  Luckily none of the side effects listed in great detail on every pack appears to nullify one's desire to 'see things as they are' and speak out about them.  I wonder how long that will last before government agencies are employed to stifle criticism by even more nefarious means than our imagination can muster?

As an aside, can I say 'Welcome' to all readers of this blog.  Until recently it has been viewed mainly by UK residents.  I now see that readership has spread to Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Germany and the USA - Thank you one and all!  

Until the next time, Cheerio for now...