Letter regarding the Post Office closures questioning the decisions of our local MPs to vote in favour of shutting essential local services.
Dear Your Say
I must on this occasion add my voice to that of Cllr Baines (MP’s: tell us why you voted for Post Offices to close, Your Say June 30th) and express my dismay at our two MP’s woeful stance on the current round of unnecessary closures. Across Calderdale, local communities are facing the imminent loss of long-standing and vital services. And for no good reason! Any commercially-minded person will tell you that for a business to prosper it needs to grow and diversify, responding to change in a competitive market. But thanks to New Labour, our sub-Post Office network has been forced to operate with one hand tied behind its back. And then they say they’re not profitable and a drain on the public purse! And it won’t stop here. Before long our Post Offices will be a feature of “The Way We Were” sections of our museums rather than a feature of the lived-in British landscape. And that will be a very sad day. Post offices are a valuable community resource. They are a part of our national heritage that has served us well and could, with the right policies, continue to do so. Shame on both our local Labour MP’s for voting to get rid of them!
