Will Hodson (@hodsonwill) profile picture

@lfg_uk energy campaigner @ycombinator alum

London
Joined April 2010
Photo by Will Hodson (@hodsonwill)Photo by Will Hodson (@hodsonwill)Photo by Will Hodson (@hodsonwill)Photo by Will Hodson (@hodsonwill)Photo by Will Hodson (@hodsonwill)Photo by Will Hodson (@hodsonwill)Photo by Will Hodson (@hodsonwill)Photo by Will Hodson (@hodsonwill)Photo by Will Hodson (@hodsonwill)
Will Hodson retweeted
We pay more than £200 million to this organisation to make our lives worse. They have blocked homes, kite festivals, put millions onto the cost of our infrastructure, and found loopholes in laws to block new homes & make life even harder for young people. We are talking about "Natural" England. They are completely unelected and completely unaccountable We’ve prepared some of their most rational moments for you to enjoy. 1️⃣ Made Hinkley Point C even more expensive by forcing a £700 MILLION "fish disco". This will save... one salmon... every decade. ➡️ If we don't have secure energy, Britain is at risk of blackouts. 2️⃣ Blocked a kite festival for charity because some grass might need to be mowed. The event had to be shut down after more than 30 years. ➡️ The only other government organisation to ban kite flying… The Taliban. 3️⃣ Shut down a paintballing centre because of "ground compaction". In other words, people walked on the land. ➡️ This was so despicable that Natural England deemed it acceptable to take this family-run business to court. The owners have spent more than £50,000 on their legal defence. 4️⃣ Designated part of the M25 as an "area of outstanding natural beauty". ➡️ Natural England has the power to designate land as an area of outstanding natural beauty. They’ve chosen the M25. Maybe the yellow emergency area looks stunning in summer. 5️⃣ Found loopholes to laws passed by our democratically elected government. ➡️ New planning rules mean that houses within 500 metres of a train station are more likely to be approved. So Natural England is designating areas just outside train stations as of "outstanding" natural beauty. No homes can be built here. 6️⃣  Blocked 27,000 jobs at a London theme park to protect… spiders. ➡️ Plans included what would have been the largest indoor water park in Europe. We could continue. Natural England is a very odd organisation, but one thing is clear. We do not need to deal with this. The Government can and must ABOLISH them. It has gone on for too long. NO more Natural England. Now, we need your help. Write to your local MP and tell them to ABOLISH NATURAL ENGLAND ⬇️
This is why we can’t get anything done. The average age a young person buys their first home is 34. Natural England is blocking new homes from being built NEXT to a train station. Every 30 minutes a train leaves for Central London in Woldingham. You might be thinking “don’t new planning rules allow housebuilding within 500 metres of a train station?” You are *supposed* to be correct. But… Natural England hates giving young people a shot in life. So, they’ve come up with a loophole. They are now designating areas outside train stations as having “outstanding natural beauty" Now NO homes can be built here. We could abolish Natural England tomorrow and be done with this for GOOD. So, do you agree?
5
79
10
613
114,532
Will Hodson retweeted
For over a year, LFG has DEMANDED that Britain leaves the Aarhus Convention. Why? It makes the British people PAY for delays to projects that would benefit them. This must end. Great to see this commitment from Katie Lam. The Government must follow. Only RADICAL ACTION will rescue Britain.
Building anything in Britain today is way too expensive and it takes way too long. We will fight the ideological activists who try to block every bridge, every road, every power station, and every reservoir. And we will win - and build a Britain worthy of the British people.
3
16
5
66
5,273