Fascism and our MP and Mayor

I heard about this last Saturday at  Lancaster University with some genuinely upset supporters of Tom's art work ( and clearly not BNP supporters). They were from Grange and aghast that our Mayor supported John Woodcock in his outrageous action in having two works of art removed from and exhibition here at our Town Hall. Here my comment left on the Westmorland Web Site:

I am deeply upset that John Woodcock thinks it is appropriate to comment on art and considers he has the right to have pictures removed (and even have an exhibition closed).

If Tom Dearden has something to say I am very interested in what he has to say and how he goes about saying it. This is the reason we enjoy art : it is to get us to think.

This is our responsibility not anyone else's.

John Woodcock an MP is not the person to prevent us seeing art. We are perhaps more capable than he of judging what is Fascist. By all means John express your opinion but don't ram it down our throats.

I found it equally disturbing that our Mare (or should that be Mayor) should also feel that she has a right to comment as our Mayor and exert her influence. The whole episode is no credit to the Labour movement or to the views of Ulverstonians.

Can we have an admission by both John Woodcock and from Brenda Marr that they are the ones that are acting like Fascists in laying down the law as to what individuals can and cannot do. If something wrong is being done please let the police and our judges determine what should be done.

Can we now have someone with a bit of courage from the Town Council taking this up with the Mayor and pursuading her to offer Tom an appology together with a substantial donation of say  £1000 so that Tom can feature another exhibition in the near future. Surely we have got a councillor who is able to see the gravity of the mistake that has been made and will act on behalf of fairminded people in the town.