redrobo wrote:If it is closed then this is yet another example of the local council's lack of providing services for its council tax payers.
Does everything have to be about profit or even breaking even.....
redrobo wrote:Went to the Platform last night to see an Eagles Tribute Band which was good.
However wasn't aware that Lancaster Council have earmarked next March as the date for the Platform's
closure.
Surely this can't be allowed to happen as it is currently the only local live theatre that caters for a wide selection of both cultural and art tastes.
If it is closed then this is yet another example of the local council's lack of providing services for its council tax payers.
Does everything have to be about profit or even breaking even.....
Billy bodger wrote:The platform is yet another example of how Morecambe is treated by Lancaster City Council. Our councillors are out voted all the time. We should be a separate council not tied up with that rabble. Cuts always in Morecambe.
Billy bodger wrote:The platform is yet another example of how Morecambe is treated by Lancaster City Council. Our councillors are out voted all the time. We should be a separate council not tied up with that rabble. Cuts always in Morecambe.
captain sparkle wrote:Well, you lot, do something about it then! Don't just sit there, clatterwalloping away on your keyboards!!
How many times have you written to your MP about it? written to your councillors about it? attended council meetings, demonstrations (while you still can!) etc.?
On the flip side, I emailed local councillors & our illustrious MP about the closure of the Tourist Information Centre just before it closed forever. I researched, using government statistics, proving that tens of thousands of people would be visiting the Eden Project that had neither internet enabled smartphones or any other access to the internet, so wouldn't be able to see the wondrous TIC web presence...
But I never got 1 reply!
Argumentative wrote:You'd cut Social Care, in order to keep The Platform open?
Ooooooh will anyone take the bait ?
Well I will for tge sake of discussion or argument whatever you want to call it.
Yes I would and I would cut a load of other stuff as well.
Keith wrote:....if anyone doesn't want to cut Social Care or close the library instead, or slash funding to the museums or... or... AND want to keep The Platform, then they need to understand that the problem is 13 years of austerity, funding cuts, while allowing billionaires & multinationals, to avoid paying taxes.
Keith wrote: unrelated news, Liz Truss used to work for Shell.
Scouseport_Shrimp wrote:
It's easy to cherry pick.....how is the family Blair doing these days?
marky No.1 wrote:Welcome them all on our Board, lol
Keith wrote:Argumentative wrote:You'd cut Social Care, in order to keep The Platform open?
Ooooooh will anyone take the bait ?
Well I will for tge sake of discussion or argument whatever you want to call it.
Yes I would and I would cut a load of other stuff as well.
That's fine. If you genuinely believe this, then I will respect that belief, and simply accept that we have completely different opinions on what matters the most.
However, if anyone doesn't want to cut Social Care or close the library instead, or slash funding to the museums or... or... AND want to keep The Platform, then they need to understand that the problem is 13 years of austerity, funding cuts, while allowing billionaires & multinationals, to avoid paying taxes.
Despite record profits of £68 billion in 2022, this year, Shell will pay UK tax for the first time since 2017. Can't have low taxes for the wealthy and pay for services too.
In unrelated news, Liz Truss used to work for Shell.
Scouseport_Shrimp wrote:Lets not forget the daily millions of £pounds being spent on largely uninvited visitors to the UK, not only on scores of hotels, but the spending on the NHS that uninvited guests are burdening the tax payer with...
Scouseport_Shrimp wrote:I appreciate who the government of the day currently is but on who's watch did this all kick off with
redrobo wrote:.....and no doubt Keith a change in Government will change things.......I only wish that was true.....
Labour's only solution is to tax the profits of companies as if that will solve the problems.....oh and to borrow even more.....sounds to me as though we've been down that road before.
KenH wrote:Trouble with councils (and public sector generally) is their default position of race to the bottom when it comes to finances. If they're short of money, they just cut! No thought whatsoever to growth/increasing income. I.e. the council should raise money by improving services and facilities. Help grow the local economy and they'll raise more in business rates, car park charges, more businesses surviving. If they'd developed and run the Platform properly, then it could be a money raiser, not a cost.
Argumentative wrote:Keith
Am I correct that you live or have lived a number of years in tge Isle of Man
Argumentative wrote:
Keith who will do anything for Morecambe bar live there.
Argumentative wrote:Absolutely. And?
Keith who will do anything for Morecambe bar live there.
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