Every day we are reminded of injustice in the UK – the fight of postmasters against the Post Office, or haemophiliacs against the medical indifference are just  the tip of an iceberg of a justice system loaded against the people. It’s only when it impacts directly do you realise just how lopsided UK planning has become. There is no social justice - just the jackboot of corporate greed being crushed into the face of humanity… forever.

Hamble Village won the first battle yesterday – Hampshire County Council turned down an application by Persimmon (via Cemex) to dig a destructive quarry right in the heart of our village. It would cause massive health and economic damage while raising flood risk. Persimmon will appeal – so we are preparing for war.

Politics and Corporate Greed are close bedfellows. This week’s market will be driven by the US inflation number and what it means for rate cut timing, but the costs of inflation fall hardest upon the poor. Political populism is driven by inequality and corporate greed, and underlies market instability.

The following letter is being sent to object to CEMEX and Persimmon digging a massive quarry in the centre of the village of Hamble in Hampshire. It will create enormous health, safety, environmental and economic risks. Its also an affront to carbon emissions and unsustainable. Please write to your MP about it! Its corporate greed vs local democracy and the enviroment.

The UK’s failure to balance regulation, oversight, and planning is highlighted by insane plans to dig a non-economic quarry in the centre of a prosperous village with no upside except to prioritise shareholders over residents.