Category: Local Politics

  • We shall encounter, counting, face to face

    We shall encounter, counting, face to face

    Thoughts on the General Election and Reform UK in Maldon constituency. Last Thursday, I stayed up all night for the first time in years. It was the UK General election of course and despite the perils of displaced slumber I was minded to burn the midnight oil and watch the disgraced fall. I didn’t have…

  • If You Fail to Plan, You Are Planning to Fail

    It’s now 6 years & 7 months since the Maldon Local Development Plan 2014-2029 [pdf] was approved (21 July 2017) and 6 years & 5 months since the Burnham Neighbourhood Plan 2014-2020 [pdf] was made part of the Maldon LDP by Maldon District Council (8 September 2017).

The period both these plans cover ends in 2029…

  • A brittle redoubt

    A brittle redoubt

    All to produce an atomic island raised above the surrounding land, destroying views enjoyed for millennia. An ugly plant for overpriced electricity, using the technology of a century that’s passed, profits leaking overseas to foreign investors. A brittle redoubt destined to hold a chamber of poisons no living thing can touch.