[garinda]

I didn't comment on anyone's views in the thread debating the issues regarding the proposed change of name, based on their location. As stated earlier, everyone's views are valid.

However, when Britcliffe is claiming in the press overwhelming support for the change, because of online polls, I think where those people live, and whether they are going to be directly affected, does matter.

Online polls aren't a universal referendum, and are open to abuse. Judging by the location of a lot of people who have commented on the Observer's site, they live abroad, and that is relevant.

Don't forget that a lot of people who live in the borough, particularly the elderly, who daily risk life and limb by having to to walk on the appalling, and disgracefully maintained pavements in Hyndburn, may not have access to the internet, and thus their views aren't being listened to because Britcliffe is setting too much store by the results of online polls.

By the way, I agree with earlier comments. The way the options in this poll are weighted is unfair, and thus make it's results questionable, and making it's findings useless when challenging other polls, such as the Observer's.