The local authority that covers Southport, Sefton MBC, is facing a £64.4 million shortfall that they will have to deal with by savage cuts to local services. We've already lost a load of libraries, and other services have been cut to the bone. While I appreciate the cutbacks have been caused, not by the council itself, but by this pernicious government and its failing policy of endless austerity, I think there has to be a line drawn beyond which no council should go.
I'm not very happy to see that the council has accepted sponsorship from a major national brewer. I wouldn't have minded quite so much if it had been a company such as, say, Marstons - but not this.
Real ale as folk horror
20 hours ago
Mmm, remind what day it is!
ReplyDeleteOutrageous. I've already fired off an email in disgust and if you want to organise a demonstration, I'm right behind you.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Tyson; I knew I could rely on you!
ReplyDeleteI see this post made it onto the website of our local newspaper. Fame indeed.