Barnegeddon - The End of Civilisiation in the London Borough of Barnet

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So just how bad are things in The London Borough of Barnet?

... And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

(One Murder and four stabbings in Burnt Oak -  ttp://www.times-series.co.uk/news/9153546.Police_warning_to_residents_after_violent_robberies_and_stabbings/)

What times we live in. Burnt Oak, that bit of Barnet which the Politicians ignore. Not only that but even one of our local papers, the Edgware and Mill Hill Press, doesn't even mention the murder - http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=&refresh=y17GL4t00H6w&EID=6d18d970-d2b9-47ae-86c6-131f88270402&skip= - which is disgraceful. The journalists at this paper recently went on strike due to the falling quality of news. I can only conclude they were right.

Then we have the childrens service. In Burnt Oak, which has some of the worst deprivation and social problems in London, we see Barnet shutting the youth centre to save cash.

Environment

.... And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

We have the Brent Cross Gassification plant as part of a development for thousands of people in rabbit hutch flats. We have the Pinkham Way nature reserve threatened  by plans for an incinerator and Council depot for waste trucks. We have wanton destruction of green belt sites and conservation areas, with Barnet Council taking no enforcement action.

Social Division.

... And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: 

In Barnet we have three nations -  the ruling elite. They get paid mega salaries (Nick Walkley CEO on > £200 K), insulated from all financial shocks. Then you have the ordinary working people trying to get by, paying ever higher taxes for ever less services. Lastly you have a burgeoning underclass.   This is the city of nations, where people get stabbed and no one cares or stories like this - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jul/20/trafficked-girl-court-fight


Injustice.

... Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

We have the likes of Councillor Brian Coleman, who earns over £115,000 per year for a string of non jobs, yet lives in a home owned by the Methodist Church, designed for people on limited incomes.

Brian Coleman. One of the four horsemen of the Crapocalypse that has hit Barnet.  The man who ripped out the road humps, so mototorists could get from Barnet to Burnt Oak 30 seconds quicker and seeing Barnet topping the road accident tables in London. The End of Civilisation part 1.

Councillor Robert Ramsbottom, the second horseman. The man responsible for transforming Barnet into a cultural wilderness. We judge great civilisations by their arts, by their crafts, by their legacy. Sheepsjacksie wants to shut libraries, cut funding for the arts depot and get rid of reference sections in the remaining libraries because some of the richer members of society have google on their  Iphone.

Nick Walkley, CEO of Barnet Council (AKA Non Stick Nick) - the Third Horseman. The patron Saint of the cult of One Barnet. Mr Walkley IS THE STORY in Barnet. He's bigger than all the councillors, he's bigger than all the officers, in fact he is a towering presence, ushering in a brave new era. HE's the guy who signs off on all the One Barnet projects and he's the man who stays as Council Leaders pass through. With a click of his fingers, he could have called time on OneBarnet, but despite all the RED ink on all of the reports us bloggers continually report, Saint Nick believes.

Mike Freer MP - The Fourth Horseman. St Michael was converted to the  beauty of Privatisation on a plane to Boston as part of the BT Vital Vision program. The Barnet Eye first exposed this in October 2008 and recently  a few other bloggers finally caught on as to whats been going on recently - http://barneteye.blogspot.com/search?q=BT+vital+Vision - this was where all the trouble started.

Barneggedon -  private armies (Metpro), financial ineptitude, social injustice, plutocratic elites, unfairness.

The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

I suspect that if this lot have their way, the First angel won't bother with Barnet. There won't be any trees or any green grass left.

(Note : For those of you who don't have a background in scriptures, the bits in italics are from the Book of Revelations, which Christians believe describes the Apocalypse).