The scews are turning.

[BDG]

Look at what we had decades ago - all major water courses were sewers and industrial dumping grounds. Leaving the EA at with 10,000 workers (which when you add together the national EA type bodies of several other EU countries, our 10,000 is more) will mean they will still have enough staff to investigate what the press and public has real concerns over.

What government projects do you allude to? Fracking? Rather live in one of those areas than around a transport and distribution hub with all of the trucks pumping out diesel fumes, slowing traffic so it pollutes more and so on.

Look at a couple of decades ago - urban areas were ringed by slag heaps with coke works chimney pumpanjo ing out all kinds of nasy into the area. Major water courses were used for sewage and industrial waste without treatment.

We have a better informed and educated press and public, 1700 pen pushers who probably did not know their barse from their banjo will be of no real loss.