An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot

PAir is hiding by setting us against each other. This is never true of what it was in the countryside, where the effects of the intense focus of ownership and control of those who have nothing to do with it are blamed. The rural people are instructed indefinitely that they are persecuted by the land of the earth, but by evil and ignorant cities – “Urban jackbootAlso, the rural alliance used to call it – Seal their traditions.

Near Bridurt in Dorst now, an entire village faces evacuation, yet Selling BRIDEHEAD For about 30 million pounds. The official new owner, BRIDEHEAAD ESTATE LTDRegistered in the same address, with the same officers, as it is called a company Billport. the Telegraph reports The property was “purchased by Belport, a private stock company, on behalf of a wealthy agent last fall,” but no one knows who is the customer. So far, I have not received any response to the questions I sent to Billport.

Littlebdy people, a 32 -homes village, Fully owned by the HawzaSay they ordered to leave from January. At the beginning of this month, reaching parts of 800 hectares (2000 acres), is widely enjoyed by the local population, Completedwith Red signs For this purpose and lock on all entrances. No one knows who does this to them. Feeling overwhelming impotence.

One person has already been expelled, to make room for the real estate office. When she complained about her treatment on social media, The first response I mentioned, without there being evidence: “You are evacuated so that the male refugees of young fighting, who flee from the war in France, have a safe place to live in, and those, as much as it comes to our government, is a priority for you … the vote of reform!” This is the way the rule and the base works: do not care about the unknown Bluetrazi that spoils it, the real perpetrators, in some way, are asking for asylum.

We have been present by the right -wing outsiders and right media about the need for “integration”. But this word is used only as a weapon against immigrants. They are not the ones who tear societies, tear people from their homes and close us outside the ground, causing social disintegration. It is the power of money.

But see, spider! The global city, which rally with immigrants and converting people, is coming to get you! It will End the traditions The people of the country love and It imposes its own culture instead of. It is placed in our heads that what the countryside wants is different from what the oppressive urbanist desires. But this is not true.

Estimately for the guardians of the countryside who enjoy themselves, some evidence comes from their own polls. The future countryside – which tells us is “Supported by the Rural Alliance FoundationThe charitable arm of the countryside alliance was formulated – commissioned by the poll in 2023. Her question was formulated about the right to wander around the countryside in a way that made it seem threatened: “To what extent agreed that the public must have the audience the“ wandering ”that anyone can wander in the open countryside regardless of whether the land is owned by the public or on a public basis? “However, there was almost no difference between attendance responses and the rural: 55 % of people agreed in urban areas and 54 % of the countryside population as a good idea.

Perhaps not surprisingly, these answers failed to find their way to the general presentation of the results in the future countryside. Instead, the only reference to the right to roam was a comment from the unknown rural defendant: “It was not raised in the countryside. They think they can wander around all fields with the right to wander.” Links for both raw Police and general offer data On the institution’s website, it currently appears “404 error” when trying to open it.

It is strange that writing a year after the publication of these results, the CEO of the rural alliance, Tim Boner, claimed that the broader right to roam is “”Perfectly What the audience really wants.

when Yugov The question is more objective, in order to poll an opinion by the right to roam campaign, it was found that 68 % of urban people and 68 % of the rural population supported them. He – she Discover alsoIn a blatant contradiction with the allegations of some of the rural “guardians” who call it “Social glue This keeps rural societies together. “The opposition to hunting with dogs is strong everywhere: 78 % of urban people and 74 % of the rural population against them. As an arrival campaign John Moussa notes In an article on the lead, “The issues that we were told that we are divided are often the issues that we already agree on.”

This opinion is supported by some Wonderful search It was published in the journal of elections, public opinion and parties. It was found that in many other Western countries, there is a blatant political gap between urban and rural people, this does not apply in Britain. “We do not find any evidence that the rural British are more dissatisfied, unhappy, or” left behind “compared to their urban counterparts.” On cultural issues, I found that “the countryside is often less – no more than – than urban areas … and less likely to support an uncontrolled leader.”

We are essentially the same people, despite the best efforts made by cultural warriors to divide us. But we must be convinced that others do not want what we want: we are strangers, intertwined, strange minority, we press the social current.

In fact, the strange minority is 1 % who own Half all the Earth In England, the sub -group of that group Those who hide their ownership Behind the front companies and mysterious confidence. If the government is Suggested changes As for the land registry, it may become easier to discover real places like BRIDEHEAD, although I think we will continue to fight.

On July 5, the roaming campaign will be organized Peaceful infringement In BRIDEHEAD, to draw attention to almost feudal powers, raises rural life. True conflict is not Town V Country, but money and power V people. This applies, regardless of where you live. Do not let the powerful people tell you who you are.

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