[Acrylic-bob]

I am in two minds about this proposal. On the one hand I can appreciate the benefits of being a unitary authority. Lancashire CC is remote, arrogant and spends money like it is going out of fashion. On the other hand could you really imagine handing the half-wits at HBC any more responsibility than they have alread, not to mention a hugely increased budget? That has got to be one of the most effective recipes for disaster that I have yet heard. You have Britcliffe, who want's to screw every penny he can out of the borough, Dobson, who cannot tell the difference between a grant and a loan. Hayes, a crime czar who is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard. And the psychotic Anne Scaife, who thinks that anyone who has more than one bag of rubbish to dispose of per fortnight should be hauled before the magistrates....

...and that is before we consider the foibles of the labour group, several of whom are doing very nicely out of Lancs CC, thank you very much!

With a reasonable and responsible set of councilors the idea might just work to our benefit eventually, but with the motley collection of pantomime characters currently warming their backsides in the Mayor's Parlour, sorry Graham, there is not a hope in hell.