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The device is of course never built and the only people who make any money are the three remaining shareholders of the now defunct East Midland Gas Company which owns the site in question, since they can now write it all off as a tax loss. All three are former Conservative cabinet members.

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And steal water and power from all nearby towns, diverting it all toward the device.
James Bond then sets up ramparts and machine gun towers around the device to repel the townspeople who come to ask for their water and power back, and to please not destroy the planet.

@Nickiquote But when he encountered the British planning system he went back to Plan A

@Nickiquote Is the question "How was Nottingham founded?" Alex?

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Rings true… 🔔 excellent story continuations down thread too… 🤗

@Nickiquote Think about all the tax money that the government won't actually be getting because taxing supervillains makes them move to another country.

@Nickiquote Real life is more unbelievable than fiction these days

@Nickiquote at last, the true story of the Polaris programme!

@Nickiquote this remind me of the laundry, a series of book about a british spy agency fighting lovecraftian menace. Their job is to protect the brirish crown, great britain and the world, in that order.