According to the Environment Agency website "We are the Environment Agency. It's our job to look after your environment and make it a better place - for you, and for future generations". Right, so far so good.
"The 7,000 acre Broadlands Estate, the former home of Earl Mountbatten of Burma now run by his grandson Lord Brabourne, will play host to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh next month".
This pair of old fogies are keen anglers.
The problem is that "the Broadlands estate commercial fishery has been experiencing a serious shortage of salmon while the downstream Testwood Fishery has attracted envious attention from anglers as it is teeming with fish by comparison".
Therefore, the Environment Agency applied for a warrant to divert fish away from the Testwood Fishery onto the Broadlands estate so that the odd couple would be kept happy. The magistrate told the Environment Agency to go and fuck themselves.
Why is the Environment Agency wasting taxpayers money taking this matter to court in the first place? And, why was it going to waste taxpayers money to create this salmon diversion route? "The businessmen who own Testwood will this week apply to the High Court for a judicial review of the Environment Agency's conduct". And, so they should.
The Environment Agency denied the royal visit was connected to the court application. A spokesman said: "The Environment Agency believes it has right of access to Testwood Fishery to carry out any works to create a fish pass." Why on earth would the Environment Agency believe it has this right to gain access to private land? Not for any purpose to benefit the general population but solely for the private pleasure of the Queen, the Duke of Whatsisname, Big Ears and the Ugly Old Mare.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
Line up all the bigwigs in the Environment Agency and look for the arsehole crawlers with the longest tongues. There you have it.
ReplyDeleteI cannot see the point of angling for salmon. Why not open a tin of John West?
ReplyDeleteAin't it odd that New labour protects foxes when they are prolific breeders, absolute pests and in no danger whatsoever of extinction but says SFA about anglers decimating fragile fish stocks?
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