| Topic: | Polite request to Robin | |
| Posted by: | Phil Andrews | |
| Date/Time: | 22/01/11 10:20:00 |
| Robin Labour supporters who want to keep the libraries open are going to blame the Conservative-led government and its programme of sweeping cuts for the proposed closures. Conservative supporters are going to blame the Labour council whose decision it is to make. In the meantime there is a very real danger that we are going to lose our libraries. As a resident I would like to see a united campaign involving as many people as we can gather. To achieve that we will need to agree to differ as to who is to blame and encourage the support of every member of the community. The issue here is not how many members of the red tribe will triumph over members of the blue tribe at an election that is more than three years away. It is whether our libraries will stay open or close in the very near future. I am honestly not looking for a political argument with you (personally I don't necessarily disagree with you), but I do find it slightly offensive that a person who lives in another borough and who will not be affected by library closures in Brentford or Isleworth should want to cheapen what is a very serious debate with silly point scoring or to weaken the campaign by trying to divide it along tribal lines. Just what is in it for you to undermine the unity of a campaign to save library facilities in a borough in which you do not even live? The object of the exercise is solely to try to persuade the council that closing libraries is not a good idea irrespective of the financial pressures that it is most certainly under. If you want to help Robin then you will be most welcome to come along and lend your weight to the campaign. If not, could you not please just show a little sensitivity to what is an issue of real concern to people who actually live here? Thank you. |