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Sketch map of Whitehall, London, showing the position of the major UK Government buildings there (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The highly graphical article from the Telegraph highlights that fifty people were arrested after three police officers hospitalised during anti-capitalist march in central London that also saw photographer hit by supercar.

Source: Million Mask March: Anonymous protesters hurl fireworks and set police car on fire in London – Telegraph

Masked anarchists were allowed to take to the streets of London. For me, there is not a big divide between the politics of anarchists and the hard-left – it makes me ponder uneasily about the politics of Jeremy Corbyn too. For an excellent analysis of the totalitarian routes of Corbynism open this link.

What was touching and caring in this Telegraph article was highlighting the names of the horses injured by the anarchists. It remind me of the epic film ‘War Horse’. Of course, the Telegraph will gain the support of animal lovers everywhere.

Thoughts?

This is an excellent MUST READ report by the Telegraph.

via Secret wind farm report into house price blight – Telegraph.

The article focuses on Government concerns about the impact of wind farms on rural property prices. This will be a serious worry for a Government trying to create a political feel good factor ahead of the next election from rising property prices – of course, the rising property prices are on the back of Government guarantees for home loans of first time buyers.

For me, this latest action shows an absence of coordinated policy evaluation. Most worrying, the Government’s independently requested study has bypassed DEFRA, the central government with responsibility in this area. It is seriously worrying that the Government is bypassing the Whitehall bureaucracy.

Let me turn this to two open questions:

Is the the secret wind farm report a symptom of the UK Government‘s disenchantment with Whitehall?

If so, what are the
English: The , also known as the Green Mountain Energy Wind Farm, near . (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

implications for Whitehall if the Tories return to power after the next election?