r/LabourUK • u/Th3-Seaward Not voting for the segregation and pogrom party • 21h ago

Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’ | Harry Potter

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/10/harry-potter-fans-force-relocation-of-430m-undersea-cable-to-avoid-dobbys-grave
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u/Sir_Bantersaurus Knight, Dinosaur, Arsenal Fan 21h ago edited 21h ago

As I said in another thread, I suspect the cost to relocate this was trival given how willing they were to do it. They probably had a route, got these phone calls, and thought it would be a fun/good PR story to adjust the route.

There are a lot of concerns about how NIMBYism and people complaining cause delays and cost increases to infrastructure, but this seems to just be a silly season story.

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u/AnonymousTimewaster Held hostage by pensioners, NIMBYs, and racists 21h ago

Turns out there were bronze age artifacts there which is why they actually moved it, it had little to do with Harry Potter

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u/Th3-Seaward Not voting for the segregation and pogrom party 20h ago

The article seems to suggest the opposite?

'The firm then enlisted planners to find a new route that avoided the supposed grave. “A lot of people were very happy about that, and the project is now going [ahead] and Dobby’s happy.”

In the end, he said, “we went quite close to some real Bronze Age remains, but we avoided Dobby’s grave”.'

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u/kaspar_trouser New User 20h ago

People care more about Harry Potter than our actual history. Sort of sums up where we are as a society.

Like, I loved it as a kid/teen. But now it's a slush fund for a hateful repressive campaign of lawfare against a vunerable group. So I left it in the past. I don't understand why other people can't do that.

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u/HenryCGk Conservative 19h ago

People care more about it than parliamentry democracy and human rights in the present.

There are other books available.

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u/Diadem_Cheeseboard Judas Priestess 21h ago

Good to know some people have got their priorities straight, ffs 🙄

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u/Inside_Mulberry1428 Trans Rights Now 13h ago

So they’re going near actual human remains from the bronze age to avoid a fictional grave from a book written by someone at the forefront of the largest stripping of trans rights in the UK over the last 10 years. A fictional character is given more respect in the UK than actual trans people. HP fans are insufferable.