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Evening talks axe sorrow I am sad to report that, due to ‘budget constraints’, Lanca­ shire County Council has axed this year’s programme of au­ tumn and winter evening talks


in East Lancashire libraries. I have for the last six years


been a regular speaker on this lecture programme and have always enjoyed full houses and receptive audiences at the libraries I have talked at-


^Clitheroe and Burnley, as well as Burnley Mechanics. I was also booked in to give a talk at


Longridge Library in February


2016, this has also now been cancelled due to the same council cuts. Having brought up my chil­ dren to value and make con­ stant use of Clitheroe Library, I am dismayed that LCC continue to devalue this re­ source and its committed and enthusiastic staff. Earlier this year my son enjoyed a brilliant “Harry Potter" night at the library. This was a great suc­ cess - done on a shoestring as always, but it worked thanks to the imaginative library staff and volunteers who put in a lot of effort into transforming the library into Harry Potter’s world. By removing the programme of evening talks (even though people pay to attend them) LCC are denying people, par­ ticularly those that work in the day, both knowledge and inspiration. Libraries - like parks and public rights of way, which are also well down the list of priorities - should be cherishedrather than dis­ missed as unimportant. They have the capability of enrich­ ing people’s lives on a daily basis.


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Corbynwill refresh politics Re the letter headlined “This Journey Will Hit Labour”. Yes, the appointment of Jer­ emy Corbyn will indeed “hit" the Labour party and, pos­ sibly, the journey now em­ barked on by the Labour party will‘bury’New Labour (Clit­ heroe Advertiser and Times September 17 th-letter from Dr Barry Clayton) . Many people, including me,


Chris Daggett


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sincerely hope so. This is, at least, in the sense that it will


shake it in particular and the political Establishment


as a whole out of its current, clearly impotent, shambolic,


unfit for purpose and ineffec­ tive state. So I, for one, do not


take it as read that this ‘hit’ is


necessarily a bad thing. Jeremy Corbyn advocates a number of measures, aspira­ tions and vie ws which many people, including Labour sup­ porters (if not many New La­ bour MPs) - and possibly even supporters of otherparties - might like to see explored and which they consider might benefit the majority of the population as a whole. These include: • Stopping the top 1% of the population thieving from the rest of society (Bankers, Ener­ gy Company Chief Executives, Venture Capitalists, Foreign Billionaire Gangsters). These have all been aided and abet­ ted in recent years by many MPs from both of the Conserv­ ative parties. • Public ownership of trains, energy supplies, banks and so on so that they serve the interests of the 99% of the population - the users and employees - rather than for asset stripping and to siphon off profit solely for the benefit of pampered individuals at the top. The existing situation has deteriorated steadily in recent years and has been nurtured on an ‘I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine’ symbiotic relationship between toady, in-their-pocket politicians from both of the Conservative parties and their media and various business establish­ ment chief executive chums and other tax-dodging co-con­ spirators. Well these aspirations don’t sound that daft to me - Mr Corbyn, ifyou listen to what he actually says, does seem to many to be a refreshing, and rare, example ofsubstance triumphing over style, slick presentation and spin. If, as defined by e.g. the Sun’s frenzied recent panic-driven, hilarious, scaremongering, propaganda rants and also remarks made by numer­ ous back-stabbing, sniping, sulking so-called ’Labour’ MPs (the obvious example locally being Graham Jones), these sensible, just and logi­ cal aims comprise extremist far left thinking, then I guess that makes me (and, more importantly in a democracy, a large chunk of British voters) according to the Sun at least,


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extreme left wing..- Most of the electorate are sick


and tired of the state of British politics and MPs in general are rarely popular with them. Jeremy Corbyn’s recentre­


sounding endorsement from true Labour grass roots people


shows that it is a widely held view that his values, beliefs


and style are in tune with a significant numberofvoters. Not too many MPs can claim that nowadays! As a result, in


recent elections, most of the electorate either don’t voteat


all now, or vote in an unthink­ ing, tribal headcount in the way they have always voted - without much enthusiasm. Most realise that it doesn’t make any difference anyway now and have become re­ signed to the fact that votingin recent years has increasingly been a futile exercise. Providing most people lookat all the evidence critically and consciously and just laugh at the rubbish put out by the, likes of the Sun and Graham Jones MP (Labour?) and his mates, then the Corbyn ‘jour­ ney’ may be a worthwhile exer­ cise all round. And notjustfor the so-called Labour voters. Mr Cameron, with the help of his spin doctors and image projecting team, is undeniably resourceful. He willjumpskil- fully and swiftly on any band­ wagon that hejudges will help keep him in power. He will certainly do U-turns if neces­ sary whenever he thinks there


are skin saving votes in them. A recent example is Mr Cam­ eron’s impromptu mercy dash last week to the Middle East to get some photo opportuni­ ties with the newly discovered popular vote-winning subject of refugees - which he had until that time described as swarms of migrants.


If Mr Cameron sees that Mr Corbyn’s approach of actually answering questions given to him, without insisting on


prior warning or preparation - and really listening to and tak­


ing note of people’s concerns, strikes a chord with the Public he may see its time to take


notice of a change in circum­ stances. He may even think that this approach has merit.


Many ordinary people may feel that it would be a good thing if MPs in general started to learn from Mr Corbyn’s ex­ ample. And finally, was it just


my imagination, or did 1 spot the first hint of a scruffy beard sprouting from the Prime


Ministerial chin this week? PaulBunyan


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