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I’m increasingly convinced that #Kent is heading for an open revolt.
Even before #Brexit, there was already discontent about proposed house building in many parts of the country. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/almost-2-000-demonstrators-march-through-village-204895/
Decades of over-priced and unreliable train services have left the county’s 100s of 1000s of commuters in a constant state of expensive and exhausted frustration.
Now COVID-19 threatens county icons like the @hazlitt_theatre in Maidstone… https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/outpouring-of-support-after-concerns-for-theatres-future-237509/
…and the hard reality of Brexit means that once green fields are being covered in hard grey concrete. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/drone-photos-capture-huge-brexit-lorry-park-238188/
Common to all of this are decisions over which people feel that they have no say and outcomes that they believe they never asked for.
Even on #Brexit, which Kent overwhelmingly voted for, it is becoming painfully clear to people in #Kent that the reality is nothing like what was promised. And it doesn’t get anywhere near feeling like they have taken back control.
Instead, govt. has purchased swathes of land and started building without prior consultation. The result is that people who wanted to live in the Garden of England will now only see trucks.
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2020/11/27/avant-le-brexit-le-parking-de-la-discorde-dans-le-kent_6061281_3234.html
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2020/11/27/avant-le-brexit-le-parking-de-la-discorde-dans-le-kent_6061281_3234.html
There is no hiding the consequences of #Brexit in #Kent, nor will it be possible to hide the growing discontent that this will fuel. Tailbacks, portaloos and concrete fields could soon be followed by a political shockwave in this home county.
