You obviously don't read things through. I didn't say that it wouldn't impact on river users or property owners. The way things have been going over the last few days/weeks, or whatever, is the river users think that they have a god given right to have a lockie in a house by the lock or thats the way it reads.
People seem to forget that the EA is a branch of a government agency. Its not ther for the benefit of boat owners river users. It main function is river managment/flood control etc.
Look at history. A few floods were caused by the lockies not not communicating in times of heavy flow and then more of them lived in lockhouses
As far as boating on the Thames goes I think I have a good few years on yourself.