With all due respect and sympathy for your position - all that is required to assist with the general postion and to possibly avoid other festivals being cancelled at such a late stage - is the details of exactly how this event was affected by the Licensing Act 2003.

For as you have publicly stated that this event has fallen foul of the local interpretation of this legisaltion - perhaps it is not too much to ask for the details of this interpretation to be provided?

For this may prove to be of benefit of anyone who may be unfortunate find themselves in a similar position to the one you now find yourself in?

And this information may actually prevent your local situation from getting worse - without uninformed speculation which does risk the wrong targets being blamed.

When the detail of the interpretation is known - I think most of us would accept that those with all the local information should be left to deal with the local situation and would be more than happy to leave you to what you feel you need to do to ensure that there will be a Miskin 2008.