Hi all,

Oxford still moving at the speed on continental drift! Still not received anything from either Isobel Garner who wrongly assumes that 1793 is a significant date for musicians, or councillor Eric Lucas, chair of the Health and Environment Committee. Still had no copy of the report that was sent to the council. No reply to emails to some of the other councillors either. Get the impression that they really don't want to talk about this issue?

I can understand their embarrassment at having expressed such warm support only to chicken out of doing something really constructive but I would have thought it only reasonable to provide us with some feedback on the reasons for the decisions.

Locally, most musicians just seem to be moving on. The sessions at the Old Ale House has all but folded since the guy who was threatened with prosecution left. He'd had enough of the brewery and the council. The new manageress seems to want to turn the pub into lager/football so most of the local musos have taken the hint and gone elsewhere. We've established a couple of new sessions in almost the only remaining real pubs. Since these are good sessions, it is paradoxically drawing support away from doing something about the council decision - oh fickle folk!

Nevertheless, we still need to keep the pressure up. Thanks Hamish for the info about Anthony Lester - I wonder if our local legal whiz on the council will take some notice of him!

All the best