Out in the heart of the stockbroker belt they like to keep things quite and low key after the terrible stress they have to endure what with fighting over their six figure bonuses and the horrible commute up to London. So it is little wonder that the residents of Ashtead in Surrey are up in arms over plans to convert a six bedroom property on a private road in the village into a residence for the families of armed forces members who are undergoing treatment after amputations at a nearby military rehab centre. These people, as their correspondence to the local council indicates, are rightly concerned that their property values could suffer or that they will be victims of terrorism as rapid lunatics travel from Iraq and Afghanistan to finish off the families of those they have only wounded! To quote some of the letters:
"We pay a premium on our properties to live in as near a rural environment as we can to London, thus enjoying the peace and relative tranquillity that this brings with it, together with a communal sense of good neighbourliness. If No 36 were to be changed into a 'hostel' this would change completely with the constant comings and goings ... similar to a small hotel."
I spit in your general direction!
"[T]here is no provision for guarding the premises as there is with other military establishments or for protecting local people either from attack by terrorists, or by those taking revenge, who may themselves have lost family members ..."
No comments:
Post a Comment