I have not been able to walk through the Cathedral Close recently to observe if the symbolic gesture of a demolished house has been removed from the cathedral’s lawns as of yet.

I would like to point out we are slowly but surely ebbing away towards November 5 and I would think this pile of wooden junk might be a big temptation for someone to treat this as a suitable bonfire.

However despite its presence even reaching not only your newspaper but also the Times of London the ‘Stop Oil’ and ‘Extinction Rebellion’ continue their pranks in an attempt to further the aims of Sir Keir’s minister Mr Milliband.

No doubt he is proud of Salisbury’s chapter in the misguided idea of the country achieving Net Zero in eleven years’ time. Sounds closer when expressed like that doesn’t it?

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I find it absolutely astonishing that the government clings to this idea. I also seriously doubt that physics featured very high on Mr Milliband’s university studies. His long term plan is going to bankrupt our economy, increase winter fuel costs across the population and fail.

His plan once he has blighted our countryside with windmills and overhead pylons in an attempt to connect them up to the national grid. An exercise that will prove redundant once we have found a suitable source of energy in the form of nuclear fusion.

The installation on Cathedral CloseThe installation on Cathedral Close (Image: Newsquest)

Right now, the Chinese government are rubbing their hands in glee at our stupidity in ordering from them the hardware to include in this plan.

Not to mention their own manufacturing plants pumping up megatons of carbon into the atmosphere (which we share) even though they are very clever hiding behind well-advertised clean energy production.

Any, and all the necessary items of concrete and steel that we are capable of producing are made (still) with standard oil and gas generators. Talk of robbing Peter to pay Paul! If, as they claim our ability is currently capable of producing so much clean energy why not make it a rule to only use clean energy in the production of these components.

Further more what is the wisdom of taxing oil producers so heavily they are not willing to explore our own offshore oil fields. At the very least these companies will generate more taxes for the treasury, employ more workers and possibly tempt the Scottish oil refinery to continue in business.

Of course this would require the need to negotiate in a way to support the treasury unlike all the hand outs to both the doctors and railway staff with no attempt to secure anything in return other than to return to work till the next time.

Before I forget, any thoughts on a new police station?

Robin Wrigley

Verwood

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