Arts Council Announcement today

[Sir Velo]

And which of course they themselves had no say in. In view of what Sir Velo and Stanfordian have said I think there's a case for instituting a maximum voting age. Deciding what is "idealistic" and what "sustainable" should perhaps not be left to the most jaded sectors of society!

Now who's being silly?

Stan and I are just a tad more realistic than some on this forum about expecting the new younger generation to be our saviours.

I note that you haven't actually disputed my point about how voting habits change with age...

[Richard Barrett]

There's a vein of philistinism on the Left that should give us all pause

I would say it's fairly insignificant compared with the "vein" of philistinism on the Right. If you want to worry about some kind of resurgence of Militant in Liverpool that's up to you, but surely there are far more important things going on.

[Richard Barrett]

I note that you haven't actually disputed my point about how voting habits change with age...

It is after all a matter of statistics. But again you claim to know what's "realistic", along with knowing what's "idealistic", "sustainable" etc. etc. etc. What makes you such an authority?

[teamsaint]

Now who's being silly?

Stan and I are just a tad more realistic than some on this forum about expecting the new younger generation to be our saviours.

I note that you haven't actually disputed my point about how voting habits change with age...

And you haven't discussed the fact that home ownership , the driver for change in voting behaviour apparently, is in high speed decline among the young.

The seeds of a generational war have been sown. Frankly, kids who have massive student debt, jobs with modest pay, and little prospect of a secure home are , or are going to , stick one finger up to those who they perceive to have brought this to pass.

[Richard Barrett]

As jean suggests (and she does live in Liverpool, after all, where Derek Hatton ruled the roost at one point), there may well still be a 'tendency'.

Yes I remember all that. "There may well." So what? What's going to happen - are they going to brainwash half a million Labour party members? It isn't the 1980s any more.

[french frank]

Nil illegitimi carborundum.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Stan and I are just a tad more realistic than some on this forum about expecting the new younger generation to be our saviours.

"Our saviours"?! I think they'll have their work cut out saving the country from the mess their elders have made of it. I shall be content if they restrict themselves to not voting in compulsory euthanasia in twenty years' time

[MrGongGong]

"Our saviours"?! I think they'll have their work cut out saving the country from the mess their elders have made of it. I shall be content if they restrict themselves to not voting in compulsory euthanasia in twenty years' time

Given the views of many I would think that euthanasia is very much on the agenda
BUT

Might be good for the founders of the great Welfare State

http://www.deadgoodguides.com

[Serial_Apologist]

Given the views of many I would think that euthanasia is very much on the agenda
BUT

Might be good for the founders of the great Welfare State

http://www.deadgoodguides.com

If that's the John Fox who at one time ran the Welfare State travelling theatre group, I'm glad to see he's still around. He must be knocking on. In the early 70s he provided work for a musician I knew, sadly no more with us.

[MrGongGong]

If that's the John Fox who at one time ran the Welfare State travelling theatre group, I'm glad to see he's still around. He must be knocking on. In the early 70s he provided work for a musician I knew, sadly no more with us.

It is the same John indeed
Always was inspirational and still is

[Pulcinella]

News might still take a little while to reach the provinces; The Press here in York posted this about four hours ago:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15379831.Major_funding_boost_for_York_venues/?ref=mrb&lp=17

York Theatre Royal, Pilot Theatre, York Museums Trust and the National Centre for Early Music have all been awarded National Portfolio Organisation status between 2018 and 2022.

I'm not sure what this status means, but assume that it is good news for these organisations.

[Serial_Apologist]

News might still take a little while to reach the provinces; The Press here in York posted this about four hours ago:

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15379831.Major_funding_boost_for_York_venues/?ref=mrb&lp=17

York Theatre Royal, Pilot Theatre, York Museums Trust and the National Centre for Early Music have all been awarded National Portfolio Organisation status between 2018 and 2022.

I'm not sure what this status means, but assume that it is good news for these organisations.

National Portfolio has connotations of quietly filed away and forgotten...

[Pulcinella]

National Portfolio has connotations of quietly filed away and forgotten...

Ah: it simply means that they are in ACE's portfolio (so let's hope not filed away and forgotten about, at least for the guaranteed period of funding!).

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/our-investment-2015-18/national-portfolio-organisations

[french frank]

National Portfolio has connotations of quietly filed away and forgotten...

Doesn't it mean they're guaranteed funding?

[Serial_Apologist]

Doesn't it mean they're guaranteed funding?

Pulcinella's corrected me on the organisation title-based assumptions I was making.