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Having returned this evening from the seasonal Christmas Full Council meeting of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council very disappointed with the response to my members question.
After the meeting I spoke to the members of the press who expressed an interest so I have sent all of them the following press release:
Having been brought up in Nuneaton I remember the Christmas lights when the subject matter portrayed symbolised the Christian faith. This has not been the case for years. I have heard much of the celebration of 'Winterfest' by other councils, a change which is made in the name of not potentially offending anyone from other backgrounds. I despise this cow-towing to political correctness.
Since being elected to the chamber of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council I have asked questions privately to officers within the council who have been uncomfortable talking about the subject and know of no plans to restore the Christmas images to the lights anywhere within the borough.
I do understand that as a nation we are very uncomfortable with upsetting people. We have almost a national obsession with maintaining the status quo. Over time I have asked quite a few people from different ethnicities represented within the borough, cerainly some from both the Mosque and the Gurdwara, and every single one of them says that it is daft that the Christians do not publicly make a show of celebrating Christmas. I have not found a single member of the community of any colour or from any ethnic background who has disagreed with me on this subject. I have however come across many fellow Christians who are offended by the removal of Christmas, and Christ in particular, from the festive celebrations.
I demand that traditional Christmas images be returned to the Christmas lights within this borough complete with a nativity scene!
To this end I entered the following members question at the recent Full Council meeting on 2nd December:
"I have been saddened again this year by the sorry state of the Christmas lights in Nuneaton which have had the Christianity removed over the years. Apart from the 'Happy Christmas' message we do seem to have adopted a politically correct 'Winterfest' theme without making a public announcement. I would like to know what plans there are to restore the Christian theme to the festive lights and when will there be a nativity scene on public display."
I was dismayed when the leader of the council responded by saying that the theme of the lights had been changed to a seasonal theme so as to represent the whole community and there are no plans to change this. He has proven to me that I was correct. The Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth adopted a 'Winterval' theme years ago without even a press release.
It is a private wish of mine that the local press would learn how to correctly operate their computer software. I do find that instead of pressing the ‘Publish’ button they instead seem to mix it up with the ‘Delete’ button. I am sure that this is a concern that I share with many elected representatives and spokespeople of the British National Party nationwide.
They cannot publish me all of the time of course and it could just be that I am being a boring bugger. You always have to accept the possibility.
