Letter: Countryside march
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Your support makes all the difference.MANY of the problems afflicting Britain's countryside emerged during, and were partly caused by, the previous Conservative governments.
The paucity of local transport in rural areas is a consequence of the privatisation and deregulation of public transport. The closure of village schools was started under the Conservatives, reflecting their obsession with "cost-effectiveness". The desecration of the countryside by urban sprawl and new motorways or bypasses also derived from the Conservatives' willingness to let market forces run riot.
Why, therefore, did the "non-political" Countryside Alliance not organise marches when the Conservatives were still in office?
PETE DOREY
Bath
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