Nigel Farage’s constituency of Clacton-on-Sea is a “tree desert”, leaving people more exposed to air pollution, poorer health, lower life expectancy and the impact of rising temperatures, according to a new report.
The Essex town is rated the worst-performing for equal access to trees in England, with the highest proportion of urban residents – 98.2% – living in neighbourhoods with critically low access to trees.
The research, which covered the whole of the UK, found a significant north-south divide, with 15 of the worst-performing towns and cities for tree cover located in the north. Hartlepool’s population has particularly low access to trees, with 86.9% of residents at risk from a lack of access.
I understand people being dissatisfied with the current government. I understand people want change. What I don’t get is that a lot of people think that a right wing populist will improve things for them, when time after time it’s proven that right wing populists in power results in worse conditions for everyone except the corrupt extremely wealthy.
The secret ingredient is racism.
