Oh Britain! What are you doing to yourself?
$4.3 Billion ‘UK Disneyland’ Project Canceled… Because of Rare Spiders!?
So that’s over 4 billion dollars down the drain (how much is that in euros?), including $50 million out of Sheikh Whatsisname’s personal account–and 30,000 jobs, fabulous amounts of money, etc., etc.
Mostly they seem to have run out of money; but the headline writer couldn’t resist the “rare spiders” as an insurmountable obstacle to actually building the park. The “jumping spiders” are only mentioned once, and that fleetingly. It seems the site of the park used to be some factories, now closed–and now a really nice environment for the spiders. The government wants to protect the spiders. Bye-bye, 30,000 jobs.
When they’re not arresting people for Saying Bad Things Online and Making Other People Feel Bad, the United Kingdom is raising farmers’ taxes, which in turn raises the price of food, and erasing its national borders. What’s not to like?
This is not being done by a foreign conqueror who means for Britain to shut up and stay conquered. This is the UK’s own elected government doing them in the eye.
Regime change, anyone?
Ironically, there’s a UK based Blues band whose music I admire called Stomin’ on Spiders. They could solve this problem. 🙂
I dunno… I think I’d rather have abandoned factories full of spiders than another Disneyland.
Some might see either as forms of toxic waste.
Nigel Farage’s political party is gaining steam in England, maybe he could lead a significate regime change. I think he and Trump could be another Reagan and Thatcher.
They’d better hurry before Britain goes under.