Along with many other I’m sure I am appalled at what has now become an abuse of funds given to what is after all a charity. It would appear this now serves as a platform for a left wing woke agenda that tries to justify itself my saying it’s giving an honest view of history. This of course is utter nonsense this charity was set up to preserve our historic building, capture the wonderful architecture and give us an insight to the lives of the houses and their surrounding. These properties were donated in good faith and members up until recently enjoyed wonderful days out enjoying the work that had been achieved by the National Trust.Unfortunately we now have a management team who have betrayed that trust and are only interested in pursuing their own political agenda and are making redundant anyone who is not completely on board with their woke agenda. This is a gross misuse of funds. Along side that the research (and I use that term loosely in this case in) into the history of the houses and gardens is superficial at best and often biased to suit the new Woke approach. I urge the organisation to stop playing politics and get back to the job you are paid to do. You need to remember that you are trusted guardians of of these houses and lands not owners to do with them as you please. I will be cancelling my membership with heavy heart.
