According to this article in the Mail. Brown is ready to do a U turn and do just that because of immigration causing housing shortages!
The green belt is an outdated concept and it should be built on, the man in charge of guarding our countryside said yesterday.
Sir Martin Doughty, head of Natural England, called for a review of the protected land around urban areas, saying it should be converted into 'something that adds value'
To me the green belt IS something of immense value and it should be preserved! What do you think?
2007-10-28 09:58:30 · 16 answers · asked by trish 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Did you know that Natural England, another Government-established quango, came to this conclusion...but they weren't actually asked for their opinion on it? FACT!
http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/ruraldelivery/natural-england.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2007/10/10/eabuffer210.xml
How can any public body involved with the natural wellbeing of this country ever advocate that building on green belt land is acceptable, unless of course that was exactly what the Government wanted from them in the first place...?
Honestly, read the info at the above links and make up your own minds, but at least accept that 'Natural England' are not the independent organisation that they claim to be despite what the Labourites say!
2007-10-28 10:43:37 · answer #1 · answered by slıɐuǝoʇ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are in the unfortunate position, of having a government that hasn't a clue about the countryside.
Everytime that they poke their nose into it, they get it completely wrong.
If this government is in power for much longer, England will no longer be "A Green and Pleasant Land", it will be more like a third world ghetto.
I do believe that in the future, we will need the food, that our farmers can produce and I just hope that the EU and this government, will have left some of them with land enough to do this.
2007-10-28 11:06:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What I hate is that we are more overcrowded than China and we have sold the greenbelt for bigger economy. The British were never asked if we wanted an inflated population consisting of immigrants from some of the least developed countries on earth.
We are not against anybody, but most British feel we are not obliged to bring everybody to the UK; politicians should ask the British people and find out.
2007-10-28 10:26:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A few years ago it was all fields around where I live. Between us and the nearest town, they have since built not one, but two new 'villages'. It has added so much - traffic, roadworks, congestion, But oh, we have only one extra school, no extra doctors or dentists, house prices are way out of the reach of any 'natives' (eg the kids who grew up here). And what extra leisure facilties do we have? None.
Im sure Gordy and the Unnatural England man have enough cash to visit the countryside whenever they want a bit of peace and quiet. But not all of us can do that. They just make me f****in sick and need to get back into the real world.
2007-10-28 10:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by jeanimus 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
the green belt is not a strip of land so much as a concept. you need plant life trees grass just to breath!!. you cant just concrete over the whole world. Britains stupid government and its immigration laws are going to strip our beautifull country to shredds. how!! can anyone look at a beautiful piece of land and say we should build all over it ...to add to its value i just dont know? they realy have sold this country off to the industrial island idea of the EU havnt they. those bastards have sold us out. our green belt has been a no go area for years. only new labour could come up with this idea. and i bet most of the MPs have allready invested in acres and acres of the land they have in mind too, the treacherouse bastards.
2007-10-28 13:25:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The green belt should be preserved. They should limit immigration to negate the need for so many new houses. But as this Government wants to disseminate the farming industry at the behest of the EU, the farm land we enjoy will soon be built up areas.
2007-10-28 10:11:24 · answer #6 · answered by firebobby 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
If you are referring to this article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=478458&in_page_id=1770
It does not say Brown is,"ready to do a u turn". The government commissioned independent research - something it does all the time; it is not bound by it. Nor is this government policy. Here is what the article says, word for word:
- The department added: "This is an independent report, not a statement of Government policy. The report actually says 'Green Belt policy should remain central to the plan'.
But then it's typical of the Daily Mail to publish an article with an eye-grabbing headline and then bury the facts three quarters of the way down the page.
2007-10-28 10:34:54 · answer #7 · answered by politicsguy 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No it definitely should not be built on. This is a crowded island and being able to go into the countryside is essential for our sanity.
2007-10-28 10:06:59 · answer #8 · answered by resignedtolife 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
nope but it will be and as usual the British public will do fcuk all about it, except to write on places like this, and probably vote new labour in yet again. how pathetic will people get before they actually do anything that will make a difference in this country.
2007-10-28 10:55:25 · answer #9 · answered by bruce m 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
no as soon there will only be towns no villages
when they build why not build 2/3 bed flats in stead of houses
2007-10-28 10:10:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋