On 25 Aug, 13:01, wrote:
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:50:43 +0100

Tom Anderson wrote:
AFAIR there has been no closures on any part of LU in previous years...
If it's a Boris decision, it's a strange one.

Maybe. He's got a track record in doing for festivals - see Rise - so
maybe he's siding with the Notting Hill NIMBYs and trying to strangle the
carnival too.

Would anyone apart from drug dealers and trendy lefties give a damn if the
carnival vanished?

As for Rise - it was just another left wing political statement dressed
up as entertainment. Why should the taxpayer fund it?

And the UEFA Champions League is a credit card advert dressed up as a
football competition ...

The taxpayer was left with the bill for Rise because Boris wouldn't
allow it to promote what the sponsors were trying to promote. I don't
suppose the sponsors of any event would pay up if their aims or
products weren't allowed to be promoted at the event.