The Witch of Worcester

Yesterday, I received several email attachments from a regional agency in the West Midlands (who shall remain nameless in case I embarrass them !). One of these “de-constructed” to a pink and white image which contained the words “Never Mind the Bollocks” (Yes, this actually happened) and I duly notified said agency. Given my recent blogs on Ed “Load of” Balls (a Cabinet Minister and husband of Housing – also Cabinet – Minister, Yvette Cooper), I thought “How Strange !”. However, this syncronicity made perfect sense later in the day when I noticed that the Birmingham Post newspaper carried a front page article on green belt. Good for them ! Unfortunately, the article also contained some not greatly enlightening exchanges from Labour and Conservative politicians on the subject of housing-building. This Government, notably in the form of Ms Cooper, have created what can only be described as hysteria around the subject of housing, and, as yet, (with the possible exception of Boris Johnson) the Tories have not come up with much sense either. So as a supporter of “green belt”, which has been a great planning success (this is not to say that it is policy perfection), I was indeed left thinking and “Never Mind the Bollocks” !