The first act of the legal performance is happening on 9 September, when a judge will decide whether we have a case for a Judicial Review of the Government's arrangements, and if so, will proceed with the JR immediately.  

While a Judicial Review deals with the process and not the content of our dispute, it is extremely important for us that it should go ahead,.  It is our case that, as matters currently stand, there is an inherent Conflict of Interest and Pre-determination in the present set-up that will not give us the certainty of a fair hearing.  

At the moment, as you know, we are facing a Public Inquiry that will run for most of October and November, conducted by a Planning Inspector.  At the end of it,  as things stand, he will come up with a Recommendation. This will then be passed on to a Government Minister, Christopher Pincher, who has the power to make the final decision on whether this totally inappropriate development should go ahead or not. 

While we are told that Pincher will be completely independent in his judgment, how naive must you be to believe this???? The Conservative Party Manifesto itself promises to build this building, and the Prime Minister and everyone under him have vowed to make this happen. Why on earth would Pincher suddenly risk his whole political career by going against the political will of his superiors?  

It is indeed our request, if we win this round, that the decision-making power should be taken away from Christopher Pincher and either left with the Inspector, or given to another person in a suitable position of authority ( eg a Judge) - with no connections to the Conservative party or to the Government.  Obvious?  You might well think.

As we enter this critical phase, we desperately need to raise money for the legal team that has been slaving away day and night.  We are making huge progress, and feeling so much more confident of our case than ever before.  We are however sadly terribly strapped for cash.

The vast majority of us involved in the Inquiry and JR are putting in hundreds of professional hours for free...Days, nights and weekends, to make this happen. 

PLEASE HELP US BY CONTRIBUTING  TO OUR WAR CHEST!  PLEASE ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO HELP!  EVEN SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE,  as they point the way to others to do the same.

Another two months, and this will be hopefully over. PLEASE HELP US WIN!  WE NEED YOU!

Many thanks