Barnet Libraries: Battles over: it's war
I oppose in every way the disgraceful
destruction of the Barnet Libraries and will continue to Tweet and Facebook my
horror and express here again my support of the fantastic Library lobby in
Barnet.
The Council's decision is a mindless
act of vandalism. It is a death-blow both to a profession with a long history
and a continued relevance to the community today, a place of service that has
provided generations with free access to reading and learning, the space and
refuge for study, local support and advice that will no longer be available. It brings together those of all ages,
backgrounds, races, faiths, abled and disabled. Libraries are a last vestige of
community, human contact and help that we all need so much and that is being
denied us. I weep at their proposed
disappearance and the derisory manner in which the Tories, who spend
profligately on consultants, Capita overspend, etc, claim they are compelled to
make these small savings in times of austerity at such a massive and
irreplaceable cost to the people who couldn't have expressed their wishes more
vociferously and have been ignored. We
cannot allow the fibre of our community, our libraries, our public services, to be destroyed
for ever on their watch.
