James you said "Lastly the idea and title of the event was bonkers - which strangely is what the press actually picked up on. I spoke to a number of reporters explaining our total position but they plucked out this point." I have attached your press release which was sent to journod. The phrase "politically correct" is in the title, the first line and the first line of the quote so for you to claim that journos picked up on this theme by themselves is completely disingenous. Also you said "Instead of the traditional bonfire and fireworks" - there will be traditional fireworks. The last council-run bonfire was held in 2002 there hasnt been one since then because they kept leading to riots. "they are blowing ?55,000 at the same time as cutting funds for our local youth groups. We have been eeking along down here in Dulwich with patchy youth provision leaving our young people in the lurch. This is why we balk when we see large sums being spent on something ephemeral. The bottom line is that the basic needs of our young people aren't being met, which is a situation that we must remedy." - clearly they never wanted any money to be spent on an event in dulwich preferring it to be spent on youth provision so you cant now start calling for the money to go to Dulwich Festival!