Beth was it discussed and if so with what result? When there is gridlock the fumes are nauseating in that narrow valley.

William Kenealy who lives in the village and is a Parish Concillor has been on the case for ages,pointing up the stuipidity of the whole scheme. Read his entry here.

I would have thought that everyone in Planet Shaftesbury would be horrified about this project. We know that Boris is planning to spend billions on roads on borrowed money to "kickstart the economy" which I find totally depressing. The whole Melbury scheme with its one way traffic for HGV s is already an expensive disaster.Only the other day after a walk on Fontmell Down, we were held up for ages by two lorries doing what they were told on the big sign on the Shaftesbury By-Pass to use this route Southbound and the road is still often gridlocked, sometimes for ages, with vehicles spewing out their noxious fumes into this narrow valley.

Hey Phyllis. Sorry I've rather duplicated your Forum entry. Sorry about that but by emphasizing it we can see what we're up against. I wnder whether Boris has a more intelligent take on the subject. He must have as he can't surely underwrite this ranting nonsense!

I totally agree. and if The Guardian article is nicely balanced, what are the other papers going to say? "Man sacked for arriving 10 minutes late at work" "Woman fined a day's wages and sent home" perhaps.

Just click on "view in your Browser" and the videos which are a must see come to life.

I hope you can now view the 3 videos. Watch them & be enraged & think what we could do!

View in your browser 📷 Hi Arthur, Thank you for having signed the petition to stop corporate courts, or ISDS. We wanted to share with you three videos about the impact of corporate courts. One of our allies, Corporate Europe Observatory, has been travelling round Europe finding out more about the impact of ISDS on community struggles against corporate power, and they’ve brought back these vivid stories: Rosia Montana, Romania Meet the inspiring community who protected the beautiful Romanian village of Rosia Montana from a toxic gold mine and succeeded in getting the national courts to put a halt to it. But now the mining company, Gabriel Resources, is suing Romania in a corporate court and wants £4.5bn. 📷 SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTER Dubrovnik, Croatia It was a huge win for citizens over speculators when courts stopped a luxury golf resort in the ancient Croatian city of Dubrovnik. But now a corporate court case threatens to lead to this victory being reversed. 📷 SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTER Abruzzo, Italy "The arbitration is a stab to my heart, it's a stab to the heart of all the people of Abbruzzo who fought against Ombrina Mare, and it's a stab to democracy." Maria d’Orsogna from the No Oil Abruzzo campaign, about the corporate court case brought by UK oil company, Rockhopper. 📷 SHARE ON FACEBOOK SHARE ON TWITTER Please can you share the videos from the links above, to spread the word about the risks and damage of corporate courts and encourage more people to sign the petition. Across Europe, more than half a million people have already come together to sign petitions to stop ISDS. But we want to get even more people to join the movement to put an end to this unfair shadow legal backdoor for corporations. We’ve been investigating another UK registered firm, Lydian, which is threatening a corporate court case against Armenia. We’ll be in touch shortly with more on that, so do keep a look out. In solidarity, Jean Blaylock This email was sent to arthur@simmondazi.plus.com. War on Want would like to contact you by email, mail, SMS or phone in order to keep you up to date with what you're helping to achieve. We will NOT sell your details. Click here to update your communications preferences with us or to unsubscribe from all future War on Want emails. You can also email support@waronwant.org or call 0207 324 5040 to change your email address or personal information. War on Want is a registered charity no. 208724. Our registered office is at 44-48 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7JP. 📷

Thank you Rachel