Watered Down

Three years and eight months after the Benyon report on keeping the seas safe for sewage, the Government has announced its intention to do three-fifths of the bare minimum. In view of the issue's vital importance, two of the five sites originally proposed as highly protected marine areas have been dropped, ostensibly in the wake of a sudden attack of concern about socio-economic impacts. Those now feeling the benefits of the poverty crisis, the looting of the public sector and Global Britain's liberation from the Euro-wogs may possibly have some idea of the importance the Government generally attaches to socio-economic impacts; nevertheless, where dreary woke concerns such as keeping the world livable are involved, even the prospect of ripping the heart out of communities seems to lack its usual charm.