The Siege of Hexham 2019

Designed by Tories, Delivered by Tories, with the Full Help of a Tory Government

Today is a day to go down in history, when a Town that believes it sits in the heart of the UK becomes fully dependent on Chris Graylings expensive rail travel as its Tory MP, Tory Council and Tory Government have had it cut off by road from the rest of society.

Its often been said that the Tory’s in Northumberland couldn’t organise a P**$ up and today is proof that those soothsayers are correct in their judgements, as the A69 is blocked with traffic from Brockbushes roundabout to Haydon Bridge, cutting off the Abbey town of Hexham to both commerce and visitors alike and will be like that until the middle of the summer.

This latest ‘road improvement’ scheme has been planned for a number of years, with Highways England being its prime sponsor. The Local MP Guy Opperman has waxed lyrical on many occasions as to the benefits this laughable ‘road improvement’ scheme will bring to the Hexham area.

But the nub of the problem may be that lack of control or is it ability to organise a prime scheme anywhere in the County, which lies with the Leader of Council, Peter Jackson and his portfolio holder for highways and local services Cllr Glenn Sanderson, both rich farmers who must have a great knowledge of engineering on a major highway.

Glenn may have a bit of an excuse as his master, the Council Leader is trying to cut the terms and conditions of his staff. Its been said by wags that its in order to bank more cash to design an even greater number of road improvement schemes to go wrong. He should consider his position after this debacle.

Well if your sitting in the traffic on the A69 over the next few months remember that once the staffs pay gets cut you may be asked to donate to food banks in Hexham as the cost of rail transport to the heart of all England to feed a population under siege will be much higher than if they had left this highway alone in the first place.