Protesters storm West Deeping quarry consultation. Video: James Turner
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00:00Enough is enough!
00:10So I've met constituents over a long time in this village,
00:14and of course at the moment I'm a candidate.
00:16Over that time they've told me how concerned they were
00:19about this potential further development of quarrying close to West Deakin.
00:24My complaints about this are multi.
00:26They're about the scale, the closeness to the inhabitants,
00:32the effect that will have on their well-being,
00:34both environmentally and all kinds of other ways.
00:38And in the end I want the future generations to live in West Deakin
00:44to enjoy the same quality of life that people have there now
00:48and have for a very long time.
00:51We either want to be surrounded by green space
00:55or we don't.
00:56Do we care about what was once called the green and pleasant land?
01:00Or are we going to industrialise the whole of the countryside?
01:03I'm currently fighting pylons, I'm fighting solar,
01:08I'm fighting for Millfield in Market Deeping to be reserved as a green space,
01:13and I'm just as enthusiastically now fighting this.
01:16I'm asking you nicely, will one of you represent
01:20Breedon and come and speak to us?
01:23We spoke before about you showing us respect,
01:28okay, so I'm asking you to show us respect now.
01:30It's a bit bizarre that you organise a consultation event
01:33for people to be consulted about what's going to happen in the village
01:36and then you deny them access to the exhibition.
01:39This is not a particularly effective way of organising a consultation.
01:4325 people at a time is mainly about divide and rule
01:47so that they can manage who's been in there and what information is given
01:51and there's very little opportunity to triangulate the information.