SAEN’s chances of a Christmas number 1 increased infinitely today with the release of our new song, “Call It In”, urging the Government Office for the East of England to call in Stobart’s planning application to extend the runway at Southend Airport.
The call-in process involves the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ruling that the Local Authority cannot determine the planning application themselves and it must instead be done by the Secretary of State, following a Public Inquiry presided over by an independent Planning Inspector.
The SAEN Song is now available for download in MP3 format (1.5MB). The lyrics are reproduced below.
Call It In
We don’t want an extension – Call it in!
We don’t want an extension – Call it in!
We don’t want an extension,
So we thought we ought to mention:
Call it in, call it in, call it in!
Tell the development committee – Call it in!
Tell the development committee – Call it in!
Tell the development committee,
An extension isn’t pretty.
Call it in, call it in, call it in!
Who needs a lot more noise? Call it in!
Who needs a lot more noise? Call it in!
Who needs a lot more noise,
Disturbing all the girls and boys?
Call it in, call it in, call it in!
Oh, it makes you want to weep – Call it in!
Oh, it makes you want to weep – Call it in!
Oh, it makes you want to weep,
When you keep on losing sleep.
Call it in, call it in, call it in!
For the sake of me and you – Call it in!
For the sake of me and you – Call it in!
For the sake of me and you,
We don’t want more CO2.
Call it in, call it in, call it in!
Let us live our lives in peace – Call it in!
Let us live our lives in peace – Call it in!
Let us live our lives in peace,
Let the consultation cease.
Call it in, call it in, call it in!
’Cause we don’t want an extension – Call it in!
We don’t want an extension – Call it in!
We don’t want an extension,
So we thought we ought to mention:
Call it in, call it in, call it in, call it in!
Call it in, call it in, call it in!