It Can Be Done….

…stop a Righteous project in its tracks, that is:

Plans for a hostel have been withdrawn because a care company felt the girls living there wouldn’t have been given a chance by the local community.

Awwww, diddums!

More foot-stamping, lip-pouting nonsense from the thwarted livestock farmer director:

John Timbs, director of the care group, said: “This is such a shame. There was a misinterpretation of what it was going to be before we even got the keys for the property.

“There was a rumour going round it was going to be for ex-convicts when in reality it was for up to four girls, aged 16 to 17, living in a supported environment, with a member of staff to help them build up the skills to live independently.

“Four girls now aren’t going to get the opportunity to live there – it wouldn’t have been fair for them because everyone would have been looking out for them to slip up.”

And when they eventually did, it would be noticed, and you couldn’t brush it under the carpet, eh?

So unfair. Poor John.

Residents said the hostel would have been unsuitable for a quiet cul-de-sac.
Linda Martin, 58, of Great Berry Lane, said: “I’m glad because I don’t think it was right for this area. There are no transport links and there would have been nowhere for these people to go.

“There might have been more passing traffic and girls walking along the road at night.”

Accompanied by that 'passing traffic', no doubt…