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Tuesday 13 December 2022

So they're at it again folks.....lies, lies and more lies!

https://stonehengealliance.org.uk/act-now/write-to-your-mp/  asking their followers to write to their MP and "in your own words" 😂😂😂 then they go on to make no less than 9 suggestions providing 1st liners of how to write to your MP ..... asking for the scheme to be abandoned!!! 

"Ask UK Government to stop the road!"

"The decision to go ahead with the A303 Stonehenge scheme has been legally QUASHED.

The Transport Secretary must therefore decide whether to:

– Approve the scheme.

– Reject the scheme.

– Or ask for changes to the scheme, which would require a new application.

National Highways has submitted its responses to the former Transport Secretary’s re-determination questions which continue to support its discredited scheme application unaltered......lies lies and yet more lies!!!   See our responses to the 1st liners....

We need to persuade the new Transport Secretary, the Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, to reconsider and abandon the £2.5bn scheme.

The new Government administration, under Prime Minister Sunak, needs to avoid international condemnation and save Stonehenge World Heritage Site from a devastating road scheme."

"Write to your MP using your own words"

"It is more effective if you can compose a short email or letter in your own words."

Find your MP here

"What should I say?"

Use the sample letter below, or use the points to compose your own.

Dear [first and last names of your MP],

  • "I am shocked to learn that the UK Government is still considering going ahead with the A303 Stonehenge Tunnel scheme even though permission for it was quashed in the High Court"...lies!...it was halted on just 2 points out of 10 which have now been addressed
  • "Please ask the Transport Secretary to abandon this scheme before it’s too late"...late for what?
  • "The scheme makes no economic sense, costing more than it will ever deliver in benefits"... in your amazing calculations, did you lot consider that the scheme will benefit local people and increase the economy to the West country!  NO! I thought not!
  • "There is world wide opposition to damaging our World Heritage Site (WHS)"....doh! only from followers around the world who pay money to Stonehenge Alliance and who don't have a clue where the World Heritage Site is to be found!
  • "The scheme examiners recommended refusal on the grounds of significant and irreversible damage to the WHS"....More lies!  They did not recommend refusal but made suggestions to counter Stonehenge Alliances made up assertions.
  • "The scheme goes against the advice of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, and of many experienced archaeologists and specialists..."
  • The "many experienced archaeologists" yes.... the ones who work directly to Stonehenge Alliance!  As for the UNESCO bit....well even they say a balance needs to be struck but our friends here have admitted to having "NO COMMON GROUND"!  A situation that has not changed since the meeting at Salisbury Race Course in April 2019 and there has been NO compromise since!
  • "UNESCO has advised against continuing with the current proposals suggesting instead that a new proposal that avoids the WHS is examined or, failing that, longer tunnels are explored"....A number of "proposals" were considered in the past...where were you Stonehenge Alliance when that was in progress...way before you became interested!! 
  • "It will undermine the UK’s commitment to urgently address climate change"...Surely vehicles "on the move" create less carbon than those sitting in queues passing the monument.... with engines running for over an hour to travel 3 miles?!!
  • "Ask your MP to ensure that your concerns are forwarded to the Secretaries of State for Transport and Culture".

Yours sincerely," etc etc.....

If the DCO is approved, presumably Stonehenge Alliance will be, yet again, going cap in hand to their followers around the world for yet more money to continue their relentless campaign and will be in contact with that expensive QC from London as they did in 2021!

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