[Margaret Pilkington]

As I said Graham, when the passion is in full flow....none of us are immune from making rash comments.
It happens, but it only goes to illustrate how dearly our views are held.

Walking out on a discussion, disagreement, argument...what ever you want to call it, is never the right thing to do(unless, that is, the situation is likely to become physical).....it is always better to try and get your point across and come to some sort of compromise or agreement.

I can see that, in this situation, that would hardly have been possible as the views were so far apart.

However, it seems like the economic arguments for the proposal were largely ignored by Councillor Britcliffe....despite the fact that very few non ethnics had used the service that is to be moved....and also that this service would still be available to non ethnics albeit in an ethnic community setting.

I would question whether there would be some mileage in using one of the many empty properties in town for this service........even the market hall has empty places.
Maybe it is something that can still be worked out, without the need for the histrionics displayed at the meeting.