Sussex, and the sleepy village of Herstmonceux were once lovely places to live for country folk. Gardner Street ran from Hailsham, a market town, to Windmill Hill and on to Hastings, a seaside resort on a dirt track designed for horses and carriages. Life was good.

Unfortunately, the A271 main road is not much better than it was 120 years ago. But now it has to carry traffic from thousands more homes and businesses, with little regard for Heavy Goods Vehicles and Buses that combine to cause legendary congestion in the High Street and loose gravel from the crater size potholes.

VISIBLE ON GOOGLE EARTH - Amusing maybe, that the craters and potholes along Gardner Street, are visible on satellites, but invisible to local and national politicians. We need Banksy, to outline those tarmac ruts, for the myopic Highways departments, that seem to be languishing, working from home - but actually need to fire up the boilers and give us some value for money - or, please let us have a refund! Give us back our Road Tax, so that we might repair our own stretches of flexible tarmac. But whatever you do, do not let any local authority anywhere near local Trust funds, that might operate as not for profit cooperatives. Not a bad idea, even if we say so ourselves.

One hundred years ago locals could afford to live in the village and buy their own homes and raise a family, when houses were affordable. Especially important for agricultural workers; the salt of the earth.

Now, locals are being forced out with housing priced to attract investment from overseas landlords, looking to benefit from high rents charged in the UK, to launder their money. This is a loophole that councils willingly exploit to charge high property taxes. Gleefully grabbing the Community Infrastructure Levies, for their pensions - without spending on infrastructure. It's just the same with your road fund license. It's not spent on roads. The Governments, local and national; are defrauding you. A bit like the South Sea Bubble of King George I. A huge con by Royal Charter.

Because of over development Southern Water are pumping your raw sewage into the sea, illegally. And because of irresponsible borrowing & spending you'll have trouble seeing a doctor or getting an ambulance. But hey, we have nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers. Britons never, never, never, shall be slaves. But that is what they've made us, with £2.7 trillion in debts carried on our backs, while they live the high life.

We think that our Chancellor and Communities ministers should close such loopholes on moral grounds. No more executive house building. Especially on green fields. High rents means local and young families are pushed even further down the property ladder. Making them financial slaves through, life into retirement.

[LEFT] WE'RE ALRIGHT JACK IN 2023 - Many protestors are concerned as to the slave trading history of the British Royal family. In 2023 we have protestors calling for the abolition of Heads of State who fail to properly care for their subjects. The electorate are calling for a Republic with a Written Constitution, to replace gongs and knighthoods, secret handshakes and rough justice. The monarchy was abolished when Oliver Cromwell took control of the country. Today, the King should perhaps reflect on the deeds of King Charles II, James II and King George I - all slave traders, with the African Trading Company, and South Sea Bubble, desperately seeking to reduce the then national debt. Nothing of course compared to the £2.7 trillion under the Conservatives - all stemming from a similar mindset: of the ruling class. But, in a modern society, equality and fair play should be more important. Everyone counts, there should be no slaves. The modern equivalent, financial slavery, should also be abolished. [RIGHT] The NHS is set to implement a change from May 15, it has been confirmed, weeks after it was announced that the 8am appointment scramble would be scrapped.

We are hopeful that with a change of heart in the Wealden District that policies which have driven the planet to the brink in terms of global warming, acid oceans, desertification, and a failure to accord heritage assets beneficial uses to offset routine maintenance costs, may now become priority areas, along with a Local List, in line with economic policies to get make this country fiscally solid - after years of irresponsible borrowing and overspending by the 'Con'servatives. The poor performance of the Tories has led to the £2.7 trillion pounds of debt, that nobody (electorate) in their right mind would have contracted for. A breach of trust that breaks all bargains with the Tories, tall stories and 'Con' party. Boris Johnson being the most recent lead conman. The jury is out concerning Rishi Sunack, where a General Election could be on the cards soon.

SHAMED CONSERVATIVE PARTY - If Boris is representative of politics in England, we don't just need a change of leader with business as usual policies, we need a massive overhaul of the system, to prevent bungling clowns from becoming prime minister. We must find a way to stop politicians borrowing to sustain their unsustainable lifestyles based on deceiving the public, that the country can just keep borrowing. Our national debt is staggering, almost doubling with 'The Johnson' at the helm. And it all begins on our doorstep. What is happening locally in Herstmonceux and Sussex, is happening in Whitehall - and sadly - all around the world. The cover up merchant, Bob Standley, won't resign either. Neither will Trevor Scott. Bojo never achieved Brexit as promised, so he should give his salary back for lying to us. Liz Truss, is more of the same, business as usual. There is no mention of bungled policies leading to the present cost of living crisis. Of course not. But the truth is Conservative policies are not addressing the climate crisis or sustainable energy supplies. They simply do not know what they are doing. And they have not got the guts to implement urgent statute to make things right. They have not go the guts to admit their mistakes. Sounds like Wealden to us! Boris still denies misleading Parliament. "An honest mistake Govner. Honestly."

Sadly, between Labour and Tory (non) leadership, Britain has sunk deeper into debt. At the moment, there is no other party able to win an election. Especially, if they were to tell the electorate the truth. So, brace yourself for temperature increases, more inflation, more floods and balderdash by the bucket load, as Members of Parliament dodge the bullets from the years of their negligent administrations.

We should be on a war footing, like Ukraine v Russia, only it is UK v economic & climate instability.

Incompetent government has slashed pensioner's savings in half in real terms, with rampant inflation and price rises. Making money worth less than fifty percent % of what you could buy last year. And year on year those savings become more devalued - as the financial donkeys rack in No 10 rack up debt. Now we have the cost of living crisis to contend with, borne of our reliance on fossil fuels, when renewables are cheaper, giving us energy independence.

Gone are the homes to promote village life and the countryside that our forefathers fought to defend during World War One and Two. In those days a family could live off a single wage. Now Mum and Dad both have to work, sometimes with two jobs each. Then again, the plantations no longer feed Britain, from slave labour.

The village of Herstmonceux was relatively stable in terms of the population in relation to the ratio of services, but as other villages became overloaded with over priced and under-imaginative housing development for the rich townie/landlord investors, the A271 suffered in terms of potholes - it is not up to the increase in traffic. The High Street became a parking nightmare as car ownership quadrupled. Never mind that there is no gas mains and a very dodgy mobile phone signal, you will have to rely on oil fired central heating, calor gas deliveries, or electric storage heaters. Developments off Gardner Street violated the basic laws of nature, requiring pile driving to stabilise a bank that drained into a stream, as another example of inappropriate build and biodiversity loss. Where is the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) being spent. Not in Herstmonceux for sure! Are villagers being ripped off taxation wise?

Then there is a field that walkers, dogs and ramblers had enjoyed for over a hundred years unfettered, featuring two registered footpaths, but a much higher number of unregistered footpaths, now the subject of some concern by the Herstmonceux Walkers Association.

PROPERTY VALUE PLUMMET PREDICTED

The recent developments along Hailsham Road, and those proposed near Lime Cross, are expected to have the effect of reducing the value of property in the Herstmonceux area generally as the overcrowding increases, turning it into a rental void and loss maker generally for investors silly enough to bite the bullet. Planners and developers don't seem to have thought about that as they piled on the agony for existing residents - without improving amenities - straining the limited existing road network to breaking point. The same goes for the sewerage, where there have been unhealthy leaks, many are saying it can only get worse.

Check out the values on Zoopla, Purple Bricks and Right Move for yourselves, then check back next year, to see how your investment fared. Even more houses are threatened where the old Geo-Collins Garage (was a Honda dealer) also has consent for a number of houses in a high flood and drainage risk area.

Our green fields are set to be developed to swell the coffers of the council with CIL payments for infrastructure improvements that will never happen while the country is swamped by debt. All because they want enhanced pensions. But surely, councils are responsible for the provision of affordable housing? Why do they keep selling the electorate into slavery? That's right, it's those enhanced pensions again. We think public servants should all be on a fixed wage/salary, with bans on golden handshakes on their retirement. But rather a performance review and claw-back from those under-performing.

The proposed development also requiring the build of a sewage works by Southern Water to pump the human waste uphill to a treatment plant not far down the road from Windmill Hill. All on the promise of 25 affordable housing units, but so far none of the developers promising low carbon housing has delivered. It is all a sham, to get the permission, and then some way through the development, claim that they have no money to build the affordable units. In our book that is fraud, that Wealden are part of where there are no enforceable agreements and no bonds as security in the event of default or insolvency.

Also of concern is that the Secretary of State recently rejected Wealden's Local Plan, raising questions as to whether or not the planners knew what they were doing when passing an application to build 70 homes on a field were drainage and groundwater pollution are known problems. We'd like to get rid of human planners, and install an AI system, where favours to mates are not part of the programme. Hackers excepted. Imagine the salaries and pension plans we'd save on. That would mean a reduction in taxes. Yay!

COUNTRYSIDE ABOMINATION No2 - If you buy one of these (proposed) houses, not only will you be adding to global warming, but you could be letting yourself in for many years of litigation, not least of which is the potential to be charged under groundwater contamination and wildlife and habitats laws. At lest 40% of the houses shown are in a direct line to poison the only working well in the village: Lime Well. 

WILDLIFE POISONING CONSPIRACY - Just about all of the proposed houses will flush pesticides downhill into Lime Pond (centre lower), so killing the herons, ducks, fish, frogs and newts. Anyone party to the killing of these animals by poisoning, or the contamination of their environment, is liable to fines and imprisonment. We'd imagine remedial works would involved demolition of the houses, by way of a restoration order. And that is why a bond is needed. So why go there? The poisoning is inevitable - it's just a matter of time.

GLOBAL WARMING