We will see lashings of butter
It was interesting to note that at the recent performance of David Hare’s tense drama at the Stables Theatre Hastings, where they have a succession of very successful plays performed by local groups, there was momentary humour when Hare defines consultation as buttering people up by asking their opinion and then taking no notice of it whatsoever. Was it my imagination, or did the loudest laugh of recognition come from the patrons from Bexhill? As May approaches we will no doubt see lashings of butter, but the council may find the electorate require food with more substance.
Just as Canute could not hold back the power of the sea, so the council will find it cannot control the power of truth.
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Hide Ad• PS At the meeting of the Town Forum last night the chairman did clarify that ‘all attendees’ does include councillors, but the way the document is phrased does seem to point a finger at the public rather than the council.
Carole Woodland
Cooden Drive
Bexhill-on-Sea