Nimbies in Chelsea Tractors
It seems that the HS2 development is causing greater agitation among the locals the closer it gets to the time that it really does get built.
As the tension rises people get more desperate. One outcome of this is that I somehow got put on an anti HS2 mailing list by a well meaning soul who lives locally. A mail-shot came my way that had a form letter attached to it. This letter was intended for people to complain through a public consultation exercise to the Government about HS2. The original sender urged me to forward the email on to others as they had done and as a consequence it had become a glorified chain letter.
I ignored this initial email, but when I received it again from some random person who had hit the “reply all” button I was shaken into action. The letter was copied as requested, but edited somewhat in order to reflect my own personal views and I hope that some of the suits in Whitehall read this:
Dear Prime Minister aka “Posh Boy” and Secretary of State for TransportHS2:(London-West Midlands) Property & Compensation Consultation ResponseShort-sighted folks around here are whining about HS2. There is no blight which is severely disrupting people’s lives in Great Missenden – I recently got my house valued and it has increased in its worth over the past 18 months. The people around here who are concerned about HS2, put up signs against a development that will benefit the whole of the UK. These billboards stuck at the end of private roads and well manicured driveways are a blot on the landscape and create a feeling of negativity that does not serve any common good and instead creates a poor public image of the Chilterns.My two next door neighbours are some of the most vulnerable members of the community and they are subjected to a noisy and dangerous drive-by twice every school day by a stream of 4x4s with “no to HS2” stickers stuck on their back windows. That is a local transport issue that needs action, not a public transport improvement that will benefit so many people. The same folk who steam past our front doors, at high speeds too, in their gas guzzlers are happy to jump on the Skitrain or go for a jaunt in Paris via Eurostar. Yet these same people had and still have no regard for any impact that the Eurostar link has in Kent for example. What is good for the goose……These same people even send me junk texts and emails urging me to write to you, so I have.
Get HS2 built please and don’t worry about if the Government can afford it. If we can’t afford HS2 then tax the rich folk and close the loopholes that their accountants use to lower what they should be paying to the Inland Revenue in the first place.I believe that the current compensation proposals are adequate, just get HS2 built please.
Tell George not to worry about his furious constituents just get the cheque signed!
Yours faithfully
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Next goal wins laaaaaaads! 