Will the last Tory councillor to leave the country please turn out the lights...
Councils up and down the land are planning to cut back on street lighting to save cash. Some lights will turned off altogether while others will be dimmed. All very well for prosperous Tory councillors living in leafy suburbs, but for the millions living in dodgy parts of town and crime-ridden city centres it’s a real threat to personal safety and day-to-day liberty.
Without wanting to sound like the Daily Maul this knee-jerk ‘policy’ is a recipe for rape, mugging, street crime and murder. Sensationalist? Try telling that to the victims of crime walking darkened streets and alleyways. And to those that are simply too afraid to leave their front door after dark.
And what’s really laughable is that it will cost more than it will initially save for councils to audit their street lighting in the first place.