Martin Sims #BishopsOut

🚨 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚 — 𝗦𝗢 𝗪𝗛𝗢’𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚?🚨 While communities are fighting the destructive 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁, National Grid executives are receiving enormous pay packages — funded in part through the costs ultimately borne by electricity consumers. 💰 Outgoing National Grid CEO 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 is reported to have received an annual package of around £𝟲.𝟭𝗺–£𝟲.𝟱𝗺, with his performance bonus cap having been increased. And 𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗢 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗹𝘆𝗲 reportedly received more than £𝟵𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬, including a legacy retention payment from National Grid. Meanwhile, the price tag for Sea Link has exploded. 📈 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 £𝟭.𝟭 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 £𝟯.𝟮 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡. And there are still serious questions over whether the proposed system can actually operate at full capacity. Ofgem has highlighted an unresolved technical “𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘀” 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, saying the measures currently proposed do not resolve the problem. Further network modifications could therefore be required — potentially adding even more cost. But here’s the question: ❓ 𝗗𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 £𝟯.𝟮 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁? Independent engineering assessments have suggested a figure in the region of £𝟮𝟬𝟬𝗺–£𝟯𝟬𝟬𝗺 for upgrading existing corridors. That’s an enormous difference. And under the current regulatory model, critics argue there is a fundamental problem: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀. So where is the incentive to choose the 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? Why should communities lose farmland, landscapes and peace of mind — while consumers face the bill for billions of pounds of infrastructure? ⚠️ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀. We need transparency. We need proper scrutiny. And we need the 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲, 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - not simply the most expensive one. 💥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘. 👉 Please share this post and help get the facts and questions about Sea Link into the public conversation. #StopSeaLink #SeaLink #ProtectOurCountryside #EnergyBills #PowerForPeople

🛑🛑𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡🛑🛑 Many people in our area are feeling overwhelmed by the number of other energy projects being planned or built in the area at the same time. We are already experiencing 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 from 𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗖 construction and 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿’s landfalls connected to the substation at Friston (now called 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗲). At the same time, we are also currently fighting plans for 𝗦𝗲𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 and 𝗟𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸. There appears to be little to no coordinated thinking at government level about where energy projects should be located, or 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁. This concern has also been raised in Parliament by Suffolk Coastal MP Jenny Riddell Carpenter. 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲 — 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 To push this issue onto Parliament’s agenda, a petition has been launched on the UK Parliament website. It took several months to secure approval, and we now have until the 3rd of August to gather as many signatures as possible. 🔹️At 10,000 signatures, the Government must respond. 🔹️At 100,000 signatures, the petition will be considered for a debate in Parliament. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: ⬇️⬇️ petition.parliament.uk/petit… You can also 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 and spread the word. Alternatively, you can download and share the campaign image yourself. Thank you for your support. 🗣𝗟𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀🗣 Consultations on the proposed LionLink interconnector close on 10 March. We will soon publish guidance on how to respond. In the meantime, two further public consultation events are scheduled for those able to attend: SATURDAY 21ST FEBRUARY 11am - 4pm Westleton Village Hall, The Street, Westleton, Saxmundham, IP17 3AD SATURDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 11am - 4pm Yoxford Village Hall, Old High Road, Yoxford, IP17 3HN