Dear Residents,
Set out below is the copy of a letter recently sent to Theresa May. from David Plumstead. We would ask you all to write in the same vein but please IN YOUR OWN WORDS, sending a hard copy, recorded post.
The Rt Hon Theresa May MP,
Prime Minister
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA
Dear Prime Minister,
Aware of the demands on your time I am sorry to press you, but yours is the desk on which the buck, subject of this letter, really has to stop.
With the sole exception of the Chief Constable, letters sent by me and others and copied to you over recent months to those cc'd below have elicited no meaningful replies, in most cases no reply at all. You responded to my two most recent letters saying that you were passing my concerns to the DCLG and DEFRA. With no result. Not even an acknowledgement.
I turn to you directly in your capacity as Prime Minister and the political court of last resort and ask you again to address the failure in communication by those elected and appointed to respond to our concerns, specifically those arising from the proposals for -
1. Otterpool Park aka Otterpool Newtown and
2. M20 Jnc 11 Lorry Park.
Details of both are well known to those cc'd below..
We no longer waste time writing to Shepway District Council as the CEO and leading Members, now known as the Gang of Six, by turns are dismissive, economical with the truth and worse, lie quite blatantly and publicly.
Our MP churns out meaningless standard replies to letters, does nothing to address our concerns and is held in embarrassingly low regard throughout. Communicating with him in any way at odds with the agenda of our District Council is futile. In an attempt to leave you in no doubt about his lack of standing here I resort to the vernacular. Damian Collins is a waste of space.
The Representation of the People's Act in this District as in this constituency is a dead letter and in failing to respond appropriately or at all to our correspondence your ministers have let you down just a much as they have failed us.
The attached pictures taken during our most recent Demonstration March provide visual evidence of that situation.
My reference to colleagues includes countless Men and Women of Kent who have submitted emails and letters, many by RM Recorded Delivery and thousands more who via public demonstrations and the media have expressed their complete loss of faith in government, local and central and overwhelming support for our twin campaigns.
My letter to the Chief Constable of Kent copied to you needs to be taken as seriously by you as he does.
Prime Minister, we shall not cease in this fight to preserve our countryside, our way of life and our democracy. In the interest of us all I call on you to bang heads together and oblige your ministers to do us the courtesy of replying thoughtfully to letters and providing the service they were elected to fulfill.
I await your reply.
Yours sincerely,
David Plumstead
Shepway Environment and Community Network
Cc SoS Greg Clark (late DCLG)
Mrs Louise Ellman MP
DEFRA
SoS Rt Hon. Sajid Javid MP
