Joe Rukin of Stop HS2 speaking at the UKIP 2011 party conference.Here’s a question: how can you be wright and wrong at the same time? Answer, when your name is Jeremy Wright and you are the Member of Parliament for Kenilworth & Southam, which, thanks to his two-tone Con-Lib Government, will find in a few years from now will have high speed trains thundering through this historic landscape.
The reason for mentioning this Government Whip is due to the fact he was one of the speakers at a ‘Stop HS2' public meeting in Kenilworth last night (13th February 2012), which I attended. The venue for the meeting, the Kenilworth Sports and Social Club, was rammed packed with concerned residents from all around the area. A number of them let it be known that they are going to not only be seriously affected by this EU motivated (TEN-T) trainline, but blighted by it too as the value of their properties will plummet due to the proximity of their homes to the track.
One of the main speakers of the night was ‘Stop HS2’ campaigner Joe Rukin who made an impressive speech at the UKIP 2011 conference in Eastbourne. He was once again on top form and presented a very sound case against HS2. He pointed out that the footprint of the track will be much larger than that shown on any maps due the added disruption in a wide area created over the many years it will take to construct the track. He pointed out that despite several changes to the route, some quite substantial, the projected cost never varies, how can that be?
HS2 is a lunatic idea which will benefit no one but cost us all a lot. Not only will it cost us an extremely large sum of money, which in these economically lean times we cannot afford, as pointed out it will also cost many their homes as well as many historic sites and buildings. One such building which could be in danger and there is a great deal of concern about is Island House in Birmingham, which may have to be bulldozed, all because a walkway will have to be built from Birmingham New Street station to Curzon Street where the high speed trains will terminate – they don’t even connect to the main train lines.
Jeremy Wright pointed out that when the vote on HS2 took place in Parliament, out of the 650 Members only fifty of them voted against, leaving 600 either in favour or ambiguous to HS2. I managed to make the point from the floor that if people vote UKIP every elected UKIP MP will be against HS2.
I also let them know that our West Midland UKIP MEP, Mike Nattrass, has been campaigning against HS2 from the word go, which was also pointed out by Joe Rukin who commented that UKIP had been against it before them.
One chap from the back of the room showed his anger and challenged Jeremy Wright by asking him that if he was so opposed to HS2, then why did he not resign his position as a Government Whip? Flim-flam followed and the angry young man was not impressed, nor can I say I was too. The campaign goes on and legal challenge is to be made, Stop2HS will need donations to help them with this, maybe you can help.
The reason for mentioning this Government Whip is due to the fact he was one of the speakers at a ‘Stop HS2' public meeting in Kenilworth last night (13th February 2012), which I attended. The venue for the meeting, the Kenilworth Sports and Social Club, was rammed packed with concerned residents from all around the area. A number of them let it be known that they are going to not only be seriously affected by this EU motivated (TEN-T) trainline, but blighted by it too as the value of their properties will plummet due to the proximity of their homes to the track.
One of the main speakers of the night was ‘Stop HS2’ campaigner Joe Rukin who made an impressive speech at the UKIP 2011 conference in Eastbourne. He was once again on top form and presented a very sound case against HS2. He pointed out that the footprint of the track will be much larger than that shown on any maps due the added disruption in a wide area created over the many years it will take to construct the track. He pointed out that despite several changes to the route, some quite substantial, the projected cost never varies, how can that be?
HS2 is a lunatic idea which will benefit no one but cost us all a lot. Not only will it cost us an extremely large sum of money, which in these economically lean times we cannot afford, as pointed out it will also cost many their homes as well as many historic sites and buildings. One such building which could be in danger and there is a great deal of concern about is Island House in Birmingham, which may have to be bulldozed, all because a walkway will have to be built from Birmingham New Street station to Curzon Street where the high speed trains will terminate – they don’t even connect to the main train lines.
Jeremy Wright pointed out that when the vote on HS2 took place in Parliament, out of the 650 Members only fifty of them voted against, leaving 600 either in favour or ambiguous to HS2. I managed to make the point from the floor that if people vote UKIP every elected UKIP MP will be against HS2.
I also let them know that our West Midland UKIP MEP, Mike Nattrass, has been campaigning against HS2 from the word go, which was also pointed out by Joe Rukin who commented that UKIP had been against it before them.One chap from the back of the room showed his anger and challenged Jeremy Wright by asking him that if he was so opposed to HS2, then why did he not resign his position as a Government Whip? Flim-flam followed and the angry young man was not impressed, nor can I say I was too. The campaign goes on and legal challenge is to be made, Stop2HS will need donations to help them with this, maybe you can help.
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The HS2 is just one part of the EU's Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Policy. I look at this as allowing the EU to have sovereignty (Authority) over our Land, for the EU decides what we should have on it. This is only one part of TEN-T, for the EU wants Sovereignty over our Sky (Air traffic Control/Management) and also Sovereignty over our Ports, Seas and Oceans. Never more will any of you sing Rule Britannia, Britannia Rules the waves, because she wont, will she?
The Question is, will you allow all this to happen without YOU, any of YOU having a say?
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