A Chopper Too Far

A lawyer who likes to compare himself to Field Marshal Montgomery has been battling for unrestricted use of the helipad in his back garden, with results reminiscent less of Alamein than of Arnhem. Although the helipad is not for his own use but for that of some underprivileged squillionare clients who cannot afford a chauffeur, the local council has decreed that unlimited flights within a rural area would frighten livestock and inconvenience residents. Unless he wishes to expend further ferocious litigative meticulosity upon an appeal against the decision, the victim will just have to wait until the net-zero consensus at Westminster brings a major airport into convenient proximity.