Building frenzy? What building frenzy...

You know what worries me? The government’s mealy-mouthed approach to homes for the people. You hear a lot about ‘We must build more affordable homes’. Really! If there are builders who want to build ‘affordable homes’ you would not want guys like that ever repairing yours! Because in too many instances ‘affordable homes’ really stands for ’mediocre secondary quality’ homes. Now we have heard that the government wants to wrench local council control of planning matters away and make it, what I would say is, a ‘Free for all’. In other words, open up the country including national parks to developers. It is rather sad that diverse government departments do not work together. In fact I would say they are ‘enemies’ of each other. One states we need more and more homes, millions by the sound of it and another says we need more forests! Yet another says, ‘We have no money’. We have to start thinking – what happens if we literally concrete Britain over? What then for diversity? Has anyone ever thought what rain, and rain is getting more and heavier, does do to the remaining land? Yes, erodes it ten times faster. It is one of the reasons why flooding now happens on a regular basis. Concrete jungles do not soak up rain. Humans have to begin thinking about what our lives are supposed to be like. Will we want to live in a rich diverse world where trees and plants flower profusely, insects buzz around and animals freely roam their spaces? Or will we live in a chemically controlled world where we only see wasps, rats and fight an ever increasing plastic menace. Where we stroll around endless streets but only by day because during the night another type of human being roams, pretty well like the Morlocks of the Time Machine. Aren’t we doing well? Hmmmm....