There is No Money Left ?

It's nothing to do with "Climate Change", it's just a man made disaster of epic proportions dating back a hundred years to the removal of hundreds of thousands of tons of sea bed sand to build the naval dockyards at Plymouth.

Prior to that, this shingle bar was here for thousands of years.

Totnes Weekly Times - Saturday 12 June 1897

Dredging at Hallsands Government Enquiry

.........The Board of Trade had control below watermark, and had given permission to take the sand, subject to three months' notice, the removal to be stopped immediately in case any damage could be proved...... George Wills stated that in addition the beach was a shifting one, and if much sand were taken they would run a risk of their houses being carried away, a large number of them being only built on sand. Mr Brooks, on behalf of Sir John Jackscn, said he was anxious to meet the wishes of the fishermen, and Captain Vereker said he would report to the Board of Trade in due course.

The dredging continued for five years and at its peak, over 1,600 tons of material were removed daily.

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Tuesday 10 March 1903

THE DREDGING OPERATIONS.

MEETING LAST NIGHT.

("GAZETTE" SPECIAL.)

Last evening a meeting of fishermen was held at Hallsands to consider the steps to

be taken respecting the serious encroachment of the sea caused by the recent dredging operations..... A memorial was signed by 30 fishermen, and petitioned the Board of Trade to help them in their distress. A great part of their village and homes was destroyed by the

encroachment of the sea, consequent on the removal by dredgers of the shingle-the only

bulwark which had always been their protection. The whole level of their beach had

been lowered some 15 feet, and had never been re-made. They were poor fishermen,

and their means of livelihood were there. They had no means of rebuilding their

houses: their beach had been removed against their will for Government purposes,

and they appealed to them for help in their great necessity.

A major storm in January 1917 finally destroyed the village. This was before "Climate Change" became the stock excuse.

Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper - Sunday 28 January 1917

VILLAGE WIPED OUT.

ONLY TWO HOUSES LEFT STANDING

AT HALLSANDS

[From "Lloyd's News" Correspondent.]

PLYMOUTH, Saturday.

A terrific south-easterly gale has raged since Friday afternoon, and has played havoc with the little fishing village of Hallsands in Start Bay. This old-world hamlet, in fact, has been practically wiped out. This afternoon only two houses remained. Tor Cross, a neighbouring coast village, is flooded, and extensive damage has been done to the magnificent coast road between Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, which, in places, has been entirely demolished.

The sea swept into the post office at Tor Cross, and it had to be temporarily closed, whilst many of the houses have had their windows smashed and their doors forced in by the heavy seas. Many whose houses face the sea in the villages in this vicinity have taken out what furniture can be readily removed and are seeking shelter elsewhere. Old people whose lives have been spent along this coast say that the storm is the worst within their memories.

Traffic in and out of Tor Cross has been stopped. It was hoped that the wind and sea

would abate in violence at high tide as mid-day, but there was no diminution in the force of the gale. Meanwhile, the damage to property continues.

So if our ancestors could rebuild a road a hundred years ago are we really saying that we, with all our modern technology and science and record level government income, cannot do it today?

Now apparently we are told there is no money to replace it, £18 million, even though, daily we hear about hundreds of millions of pounds being washed down the plughole by our government. Not the least of which is the latest gift of £500 million to the people of France who are sending all of their unwanted economic migrants over the channel for us to pay millions more in benefits. We have already paid France £700 million, and a thousand more migrants arrived in the last week so it's really working.

Another little gift this week by a government that has no money? £14 million to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo for solar panels. I am taking bets already as to how much of that actually buys a single solar panel. Don't even ask why we are installing solar panels in the Congo when we haven't installed them on homes here yet.

India landed a craft on the moon in 2023, a great achievement. We only gave them £2.3 BILLION in aid over five years just before that. This may be why our government says it has no money.

The UK government tax take is rising towards its highest sustained level since the late 1940s, with the tax-to-GDP ratio projected to hit a post-war high of 37.7% by 2027–28. Driven by frozen tax thresholds and policy changes, revenues are forecast to reach record levels, overtaking previous peaks and placing a record tax burden on the economy.

HS2 About £65 BILLION, but nobody really knows the final figure. What's a hundred million here or there.

Heathrow Airport expansion. Again when it reaches billions nobody really counts it. £14 billion to £21 billion. At this point I could really just make up a figure and nobody could challenge it.

The Elizabeth Line £18 BILLION ish.

Lower Thames Crossing a projected £10.2 BILLION.

This is a great one, you're going to love this, simply because of the difference between the two figures. Palace of Westminster renovation. Yes, this is one single building occupied by the government with no money available. £7 BILLION to £22 BILLION. That's a range of £15 BILLION, nearly enough to build the Elizabeth Line.

Redeveloping Brent Cross Town (In London of course) £8 BILLION.

A new London sewer £5 BILLION +. Don't ignore that little + as that usually acts as a government note that means think of a number and double it.

These are all the conveniences we pay for in the government's back yard. These projects mean they can far more conveniently fly to "Climate Change" summits, get back to their constituencies for the weekend in first class on a fast train, get their cleaning and catering staff efficiently into the office on time, and flush away all of their prodigious quantities of waste, while working in a fully restored Gothic and gilded palace.

Meanwhile this road destroyed by a bad government mistake a hundred years ago is not a priority because we can just conveniently blame "Climate Change", which is meant to make us all accept it without argument. Oh, and don't forget, there's no money.