do we still live in a free country ??

i have just seen a clip on sky news about an old chap in kent who owns a 7 acre field he bought for £36.000...wimpy( house builders) have offered him £4.5 MILLION for the land and he has turned it down saying that he has enough money already and that all his children are well catered for (good on him)....but later on in the report it said that the final decision may well not be his ..apparantley the final say will be down to the vice prime minister john prescott.....WHY ???... does he own the land ???....NO.... should he have a say ???. in my opinion NO ....what right does he have to say wheater people should say yes or no on items that belong to themselves ???.....

[carriebuk]

Yet another things that sucks about this country. We certainly don't live in a free country any more - well, have we ever really?

Soon the UK will just be a huge mass of houses. Row upon row of ugly buildings. The only greenery we will see will be our gardens, and national parks.

Last time I visited Burnley, I was so upset at the amount of new houses built round Lowerhouse. I remember being told about the time when they were trying to get permission to tip on the beautiful lodges - even David Bellamy got in on the act to try to save it, but they couldn't.

This country sucks, the government sucks, and we are just a load of pawns for the fat cats of the UK. Let's just say I have a few more countries in mind once I qualify as a nurse :)

[goth]

yes thats the problem u cant even do renovations on ur house without gettin the "ok" from the council, its just not right, ur home ur money whats the prob!!

[Quazi Washboard]

Originally Posted by blackburn raver

i have just seen a clip on sky news about an old chap in kent who owns a 7 acre field he bought for £36.000...wimpy( house builders) have offered him £4.5 MILLION for the land and he has turned it down saying that he has enough money already and that all his children are well catered for (good on him)....but later on in the report it said that the final decision may well not be his ..apparantley the final say will be down to the vice prime minister john prescott.....WHY ???... does he own the land ???....NO.... should he have a say ???. in my opinion NO ....what right does he have to say wheater people should say yes or no on items that belong to themselves ???.....

That's absolutely disgusting.
It's a bit like the compulsory purchase orders on the houses that Burnley Council have decided to knock down. Honest hard working people have worked all their lives to pay a morgage on a home only for the council to force them to sell the house for a fraction of it's true value.

[wayneyboy1942]

You can have a compulsory purchase order placed on your property as Quazi said but I find it hard to see why in this case just to build houses for a firm like Wimpy?

[janet]

Maybe wimpy donates money to the labour party, a case of you scratch my back i'll scratch yours.

[Kiki]

This country is on a downward spiral! what next?

[Quazi Washboard]

The government will probably have a target for how many new houses are to be built, Wimpy probably have the contract but probably can't be bothered to look for a property that the owner actually wants to sell. And why should they, when they have the power of the government behind them? I think the guy who owns the land should agree to sell the land for 90% of the profits that Wimpy stand to gain.

[grannyclaret]

i put the whole blame on maggie thatcher for selling off all the council houses ,

[grannyclaret]

i put the whole blame on maggie thatcher for selling off all the council houses ,