by Tom Cotterill and Lettice Bromovsky, Daily Mail
It’s the county that is home to one of the world’s oldest pubs, was behind Britain’s iconic red post boxes and brought the magic of JK Rowling‘s beloved Harry Potter franchise to the big screen.
But residents in Hertfordshire have been left furious after a string of ‘ludicrous’ decisions have sparked uproar locally, and led to the area being ridiculed across the country.
And now Hertfordshire has another title to add to its claim to fame – that of the ‘wokest county in Britain’.
The area has seen parents being arrested over a fiesty school WhatsApp chat, a council banning Christian prayers to be ‘more inclusive’, and compensation being awarded to an estate agent who resigned after moaning about his ‘low status’ desk at work.
And now a council has sparked outrage after refusing to stage a VE Day parade to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe amid fears hosting such an event would be ‘elitist’.
Furious at the decision to turn their backs on Britain’s heroes, army veteran and former spymaster, Colonel Philip Ingram last night ripped into the area, calling it the nation’s most ‘anti-British county’.
‘It’s a strong contender for the wokest county in Britain,’ the former military intelligence officer raged. ‘And the people behind these ludicrous decisions are up for the most pathetic individuals in the country as well.
‘People have to wake up to what’s really important in society: making sure people have the right housing and healthcare, and from a local council perspective that the bins are emptied and potholes are filled, rather than coming up with these pathetically stupid ideas.’
Dacorum Borough Council faced a political maelstrom when the news emerged on Wednesday that no military march would be held to mark the 80th anniversary event in May.