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January 13, 2010
MLA London to resite its office to planet Mars
Press release
Having been absent from the capital for such a long time, MLA London have announced what many suspected, that they have moved their office to Mars. The spaceship with all their laptops and filing cabinets has not yet landed, so they are 'hors de realite' for a little while longer.
They have, however, taken with them all the available information about Capital Ambition - Mayor Boris's private scheme for doing something to public libraries, no one knows what. They have also taken, as one might have anticipated, a large carrier bag full of the nation's money, of which there is now not much left.
It is a long path of darkness and expense, probably ending in silence and red faces. That is what happens on Mars
Posted by Perkins at January 13, 2010 11:42 AM
Comments
If Brighton and Hove City Council operated from Mars, there would at least be a chance of its being answerable to the public; as it is, the Council is widely regarded as existing somewhere in a parallel universe, with no grasp of life in this one.
A month ago it tried to close down the congenial Local History Centre, which is in agreeable premises, and bung some of the stock in the hapless Jubilee Library, store the rest somewhere, and get rid of the expert, very helpful staff.
There has been uproar. And the Council has backed down. This must be one of the swiftest library campaigns ever.
Not surprisingly, the man behind the proposed closure was Councillor David Smith who last year "answered" my Public Question about music libraries by declaring that he wanted to challenge me to a duel.
Posted by: Christopher Hawtree at January 14, 2010 8:06 PM