Keen historians out there remember the evacuation of the British Army from Dunkirk as one of the finest examples of British inventiveness in the face of impossible odds and impending disaster. The Army was facing wipeout. The response was for the government to get every possible boat it could lay it's hands on, from Dredgers to Thames river boats and pull the army out. Hundreds of thousands of men were evacuated, saving the army from complete destruction. Four years later many of those soldiers went back in the Normandy landings. Had the army been captured, that might have been the end of the war.
In Barnet now, our public services are facing wholesale destruction. Under the Future shape program, all of the vital services are being outsourced to third party suppliers. The council is undertaking a slash and burn cull of other services such as libraries, museums, childrens centres and support (including Brain injury support). If the Tories get their way, Barnets public services will be in the state Hitler wanted the British army to be.
Us the people have a duty to fight back. The Barnet Eye have officially declared March 29th Barnet Dunkirk Day. This is the date of the cabinet meeting where Rams will announce the results of the Libraries review. Now this blog has established that in the words of Corporal Jones, from Dads Army the Tories "Don't like it up em". We are calling on all local residents who care about libraries, museums, brain injury units, childrens centres and everything else the Tories want to trash to make an effort to show they care. Turn up at the Town Hall (in 1940 army uniforms etc if possible) to show them that the British people have a bit of fight and a bit of spunk. I am heartily sick of these "little Hitlers" throwing their weight around (see video on yesterdays blog), fat plutocratic councillors pontificating about the need for cuts while raking in huge allowances and feasting on free dinners from dodgy businessmen seeking to buy influence.
Like most Barnet residents, all I want is for the people of the Borough to be treated fairly. Ask any resident of a street with CPZ if this is the case with the latest hike. It's our town hall, make your voice heard on the 29th
In Barnet now, our public services are facing wholesale destruction. Under the Future shape program, all of the vital services are being outsourced to third party suppliers. The council is undertaking a slash and burn cull of other services such as libraries, museums, childrens centres and support (including Brain injury support). If the Tories get their way, Barnets public services will be in the state Hitler wanted the British army to be.
Us the people have a duty to fight back. The Barnet Eye have officially declared March 29th Barnet Dunkirk Day. This is the date of the cabinet meeting where Rams will announce the results of the Libraries review. Now this blog has established that in the words of Corporal Jones, from Dads Army the Tories "Don't like it up em". We are calling on all local residents who care about libraries, museums, brain injury units, childrens centres and everything else the Tories want to trash to make an effort to show they care. Turn up at the Town Hall (in 1940 army uniforms etc if possible) to show them that the British people have a bit of fight and a bit of spunk. I am heartily sick of these "little Hitlers" throwing their weight around (see video on yesterdays blog), fat plutocratic councillors pontificating about the need for cuts while raking in huge allowances and feasting on free dinners from dodgy businessmen seeking to buy influence.
Like most Barnet residents, all I want is for the people of the Borough to be treated fairly. Ask any resident of a street with CPZ if this is the case with the latest hike. It's our town hall, make your voice heard on the 29th
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Tangentially related to this post, it seems that perhaps the tactics of local campaigners such as yourself are having the desired effect of rattling minister’s nerves. So what happens next? A grossly under advertised DCMS consultation appears on “burdensome duties” for Local Government that could be repealed that includes the Public libraries and Museums Act 1964! I would encourage all readers to post their support of the Act at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GP7BKKT
The duties relating to libraries are DCMS_026, DCMS_027, DCMS_028. The most important is duty DCMS_027.
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