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John King Comments:More details of the Jamaica Village licence fiasco. As part of the deal to allow the event to go ahead Haringay Council have helped themselves to 4,000 free tickets. "The Police asked for a number of measures to be put in place for the event and these have been incorporated into the license conditions." It remains to be seen if Form 696 is a requirement. It certainly wasn't for Madness. But Madness aren't "black".

In addition as part of the Land Use Agreement we secured 4000 free tickets for the event which we will be distributing to those who otherwise would not be able to afford to attend the event. If you have any thoughts about a worthy group or idea to distribute tickets then please feel free to include this in your response also.

It is difficult to see how this event could even break even when it has to lose the ticket money for 4,000 people.

Can you see such extortion by Westminster Council to enable "those who otherwise would not be able to afford to attend the event" to attend The Royal Opera? Most of us would be included in the category of those who otherwise would not be able to afford to attend that and similar London events.