The reason this story of vandalism may have spread far and wide is that it featured in the 1999 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.  As someone said, who’s going to tell Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman what has happened to their tree?

I doubt the perpetrators will go undetected or unpunished.  But it brings to my mind another act of vandalism: car scrappage schemes.

I have written about this before but in the UK wide scheme of 2009 here are a few of the future classics that were destroyed:

-BMW 2002
-Audi Quattro 20v
-Triumph Dolomite Sprint
-Various Jaguars (731 in total)
-Various Porsches
-Ford Capri 3000 Ghia
-Lancia Delta HF
Lancia Beta Spyder

and many many more.  392,227 in total.  The cars weren’t allowed to be used for spares – they had to be crushed to qualify.

Obviously no lessons have been learned and the scheme is being repeated now around the ULEZ expansion in London.

We must protect these cars for the future and not allow them to be destroyed by the state. 

It’s hard to see who would hand in a car worth tens of thousands of pounds in return for a £2,000 voucher against a new car.  But believe me they are out there!