Our very young MP has replied to my mail saying this wall is to protect residential properties. He doesn't appear to be aware there are no residential properties on the brewery side of the river.At the last general election I stood just to get shot of the last MP and at the next general election it looks like I will have to stand again just to get shot of the fool we have now. This wall only benefits Associated British Ports who want to develop the island site of the dock. They now want us to pay to have a Thames Barrier arrangement across the New Cut. Altogether this will cost us 70GBP! Why aren't ABP paying instead of us? Is the fact ABP lead shareholder is the worlds biggest bank, Goldman Sachs? I believe that is the only reason so what benefit is there to the Civil Servants running DEFRA. Surely there must be a reason why they are giving Goldman Sachs such a lot of our money? I have been fighting this for about three years now but still they press on giving our money to the worlds biggest bank and the result will be to flood Ipswich. They keep on about protection from a Tidal Surge. That is b****** and they know it. Any flooding danger to our town will be caused by fluvial flooding where rain water drains into the river at a particularly unusual spring tide after weeks of heavy rain which is what happened in 1953. Now the so called flood protection being built will actually cause flooding especially along the Wherstead side of the town and we are paying for that to happen! Time for young Ben Gummer to find another occupation preferably a long way from Ipswich. Meanwhile I have to go to the High Court in an attempt to stop this nonsense and this is being carried out under the Transport and Works Act which I have no experience of so if anyone wants to off me advice please mail me. peterturtill@gmail.com
