[WillowTheWhisp]

The wording of this poll was meant to be a tongue in cheek reaction to the reference by Peter Britcliffe to various other online polls. I for one wasn't aware of those online polls and so didn't vote in them. That's one less vote for the 'keep it as it is' option. How many other people were unaware of them?

Online polls are also open to abuse as it is impossible to ensure that the same person hasn't voted more than once.

I wouldn't for one moment assume than any poll on here would carry any weight in opposing an Observer poll however it was worded because we are not a cross section of Hyndburn Residents nor have those responding to the poll been analysed in any way to ensure that we cover all age groups, sexes and ethnicity equally.

How would you get a fair and unbiased view? I suppose the council could call a public meeting and allow people to vote there, but then you'd have the problem of the elderly and infirm being unable to get to the meeting.

When all is said and done the council will probably do what it wants to do anyway and convince itself that it's doing what the majority of us want whether that is true or not. And the vast majority of people will just sit back and let it happen because they don't really care one way or t'other. They'll just moan about the state of things at some later date and wonder why the council can't do whatever it is they can't do when they can't afford to do it.