Backward Black Country and Dud Dudley

 Thanks, Rosanne for sending us the video.  There is no concern.  No-one cares.  Even the authorities do nothing about the climate emergency.  Well, they talk and take all the wrong actions.  Like:

1. Over twenty years, failing to give Dudley Muslims a decent, purpose-built Dudley Central Mosque in Hall Street!
2. In 25 years, failing to put a cycle-walkway down both sides of Dudley Southern Bypass, aka Duncan Edwards Way.
3. In nearly forty years, they are finally getting round to putting a short shuttle tramline down one side of Duncan Edwards Way as far as Cinder Bank roundabout and on to the mainline railway to destroy that important asset for the rest of eternity and beyond.
4. Putting a half-billion pound tramline through Dudley town centre to shuttle shoppers from the Market and shops to Merry Hill.
5. Moving the perfectly adequate 1980s or 90s Wellington Road Leisure Centre all of 1 Km into a new building alongside the new tramline in Flood Street.
6. Failing to put modest-sized, highly insulated, energy efficient apartments and homes in Dudley town centre.
7. Failing to lift a single finger to start the urgent work in insulating, upgrading and making their own properties to minimise fossil-fuel use.
8. Failing to lobby or to even ask for the money from WMCA and HMG to make the major, Ordnance Survey mapped as traffic-free, 22 Kms Black Country Cycle-Walk Mudway fit for use by anyone other than for motor-cross scramblers, mountain bikers and cross country runners.
9. Leaving it to Gary Farmer's group and my family to clear up rubbish from public areas.
10. Failing, since the 1990s, to replace wonky, shaky, wooden stiles on public rights of way with self-closing metal gates and helpful waymarking to stop trespass.  Wooden stiles are still used for very occasional replacement, instead of telling landowners they are no longer available!