That's a pretty narrow-minded view. You could just as easily say: For half a millennium the people living near this tree let it live. Then, collectively, throu

That's a pretty narrow-minded view. You could just as easily say: For half a millennium the people living near this tree let it live. Then, collectively, through their elected representatives, they decided that the best course for their community is to replace the tree with something more useful to them, the "missing link" in their road network that they believe will improve local transportation and their day-to-day lives. How else would you have it work? Should the entire UK vote? The entire world? This is the polar opposite of the Sycamore Gap situation.