As
I said six weeks ago,
I am a fence sitter on Go Ape. I live too far from Danson Park to be affected by the probable noise and traffic issues but
unlike the leaders of the protest movement
I do not believe in censorship. They appear to be influenced by some very dubious personalities.
A friend who is a member and supporter of the Stop Go Ape gaggle - how else do
you think I got a copy of their Facebook page when I am not a member of the
group? - posed a question. Why has Louie French MP remained totally silent on such a controversial installation?
He or she or whatever has leaked to me something found on another social media site of
which I am not a member. A long report suggests there is a political element to the silence.
The allegation is that one of the owners is the son of Patrick Mayhew, a name
those who take an interest in politics will remember. He was a Minister in Lady
Thatcher’s government and Sir John Major’s. In other words very much a Tory who
later became Baron Mayhew of Twysden.
The Go Ape part owner’s brother is also a Conservative MP and Shadow Minister. He
too is part of Go Ape and at one time, according to the social media report, its managing director.
Presumably it wouldn’t do for one Shadow Minister to be fighting another?
On the other hand, it is understood that Louie French has joined Reform UK
in submitting supporting documents for those against
the noisy Golf Pods. The
fact that another Shadow Minister (at least until demotion a couple of days ago) owns one of the houses that will be
blighted by the Golf Pods, must surely be entirely coincidental.