This is very bad news

[marin man]

Bring back the empire :x

 

[Andy B]

Bring back the empire :x

Sithlord for president

Oh, not that empire

 

[longun]

i am your father young sith ,come join the dark side........join retrobike,together we can rule the universe

 

[marin man]

Can I be foreign secretary........

IDB1 will be the home office minister .....he dont go out much

 

[GT-Steve]

It's not nice that we've had to resort to possible privatisation of our forests, etc, but I wonder where we'd be if them last lot of berks were voted back in, last May....

 

[marin man]

Well done steve

 

[GT-Steve]

I could rant-on for ever and a day about the communist party.

 

[marin man]

I am resisting the temptation myself steve :x

 

[IDB1]

I'm a little confused by all this.

Does the selling of the forests mean they are automatically all going to be cut down and destroyed?

Has anyone come forward as a potential buyer saying this is what they will do?

Don't get me wrong, I love the forests and seeing them being destroyed would be heart breaking, but is there any evidence this will happen?

Surely planning applications would still have to be sought for any development or change of use?

It is unlikely they'll be destroyed.. privatisation doesn't equal development.

We looked into buying woodland a few years back and the reason it was so cheap (comparatively) was that its use couldn't be changed.. any development, even a small dwelling, was a definite non-starter.

 

[marin man]

who does this remind you guys of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRJxafiqHvw