Liberal Burblings

There has been considerable excitement in the corridors of Newbury Town Council this last week. We probably all need to sit down and have a cup of tea with lots of sugar in it (or bromide in my case).

Maverick Television contacted us to ask if they could project the image of a local woman in only “bra and knickers” onto the Town Hall building. This is for the Channel 4 programme, “How to look good naked“. It aims to make people feel good about themselves.

It was decided that the Town Councillors themselves had to decide whether to give permission for this use of the Town Hall. So a virtual meeting of the Town Council Urgency Sub-committee was duly convened with the discreet title: “To decide on a particular use of the Town Hall”. The committee decided to give the go-ahead to the proposal. (“We’re not prudes” said the Mayor)

However, we then heard from the television company that our building is the wrong colour. It’s too dark. So they are tyring to find a lighter building. Newbury Telephone Exchange (infamous local white elephant) was suggested (“the only time anyone has found a decent use for it” was one quip).

I enjoyed the announcement of the minutes of the Urgency sub-committee at our full council meeting last night. The lady from the “Newbury Weekly News” was gazing into the near-distance, pen un-exercised, when the Mayor read out “blah blah…minutes of urgency sub-committee..blah…. held to consider particular use of town hall…Maverick television..blah…image to be projected..blah blah”. However, when the Mayor mentioned “woman naked except for her underwear” suddenly the Newbury Weekly News pen flew into frenzied action!

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