I have rather fallen out with the majority of members on the New Forest District Council. In my view, they talk tough but act soft when it comes to care of the environment, especially in my home town of Totton.

The most recent example of this is a decision not to declare the Eling Wharf area as a polluted site. I stood up at the last council meeting and lambasted them for adopting a softly, softly approach and relying on the owners to clean up the cocktail of chemicals, (includes cyanide and arsenic).

"I think an authority like New Forest District Council should adopt the
highest standards when it comes to caring for the environment. The
failure to designate land that is very clearly polluted is inconsistent
with its legal and moral obligations".

"Commercial interests will run rings around local authorities if
allowed to".

"It's no good talking tough and acting in a different way"

"My home town of Totton has an area designated as an Air Quality
Management Area (AQMA). It has been monitored for the best part of 10
years and nothing effective done about it".