The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #55645   Message #884638
Posted By: The Shambles
07-Feb-03 - 06:01 AM
Thread Name: Weymouth Folk Festival (UK)
Subject: RE: Weymouth Folk Festival
BobRik

The LAW maybe being addressed, although, given the latest ammendments and the stated objectives of the Bill, I would not consider it to be professional. This is only being done because to date over 68,000 people made a difference by having the courage to express their opinion publicly, many of these writing to their MPs, media, national and local press.

The local POLICY has certainly not been adressed professionally and those locally who have and are in a position to make a difference have largely chosen not to attempt to make a difference by expressing their opinion locally.

If you read the DCMS latest list of excuses, you will sell that if refers to 1899 case law that clearly exempts unpaind music in pubs by customers from the licensing requirement. This council have ignored this.........

Do you think this is a correct, helpful or professional local policy, or even a legally supported one? If you do not, what are you going to do about it?.........Just continue to ignore it and urge others to ignore it too?