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our Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy and Plan which has been well
Mustn’t Grumble Blues received locally and is regarded more widely in the sector as an example of best
practice. It was also valuable to touch if all but briefly. on the matter of local
You’re bending over backwards, You’re clocking up the miles, government financing and I am grateful for your offer of a further meeting with
To a point of no return, On a road to who knows where. the appropriate Minister to discuss the details of the very serious pressures we
You want to be compliant, You need to change a wheel, face in the medium to longer term.
But you never seem to learn. But you haven’t got a spare,
You want to speak your mind, And even if you had a spare, I do hope that we can keep an open dialogue on this matter and also on the
currently pressing matter of the Dorset Local Plan. I am really grateful for your
But it’s never been your way. You haven’t got a jack, intention to get a response back to me within the next two weeks. As I
If you had a mind to speak, Now you’ve missed a turning. mentioned, we currently have the initiative against the various pressure
There’d be plenty you could say, And there is no going back. groups. Any significant delay would certainly mean impact in being able to
But it’s not how you were raised, Trouble comes in threes. maintain the upper hand.
You’ve got too much to lose. Sometimes it comes in twos,
That’s the way it is, As silently you suffer, Domestic Abuse
With the mustn’t grumble blues. With the mustn’t grumble blues.
Residents who have experienced domestic abuse will receive further support
It is an institution. Paul J Openshaw (February 2022) after Dorset Council received £650,000 of government funding. The grant will be
It is a point of view. used in the next 12 months to make residents who have experienced any form of
You don’t know why you do it. domestic abuse safer in their own homes, or in supported accommodation, as
well as provide specialist support for their children. The extra investment can be
It’s just something that you do, used to finance security devices to allow people experiencing domestic abuse to
As you stiffen up your lip. remain in their own homes along with the support of family, friends, to avoid the
Your feelings are denied. disruption of moving away. Funding will also help rebuild the lives and confidence
You bottle up emotions, of those who have felt the only way to escape domestic abuse is to move to a
And you brace yourself inside. refuge.
These things are sent to baffle,
To bewilder and confuse, Illegal puppy breeding
But that’s the way it is, Dorset Council has become a
With the mustn’t grumble blues. driving force for the
prevention of illegal puppy
breeding across the county.
Asking people across Dorset to
‘Stop and Think’ before buying
a puppy.
Dorset Council Trading
Standards and Environmental
Health Teams are working
together to raise awareness of
the multi-million-pound puppy
breeding trade that is happening right under our noses. Covid 19 has brought a
significant increase in both the selling of illegal puppies and the cost of puppies.
With more people working from home, dog ownership has become more

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