750 People In Leeds....

Just writing a number can sometimes fail to effectively communicate the scale of what it is meant to represent. Take for example the number 750. Looks innocuous enough, but for this blog and for the people of Leeds it has great significance, because 750 in this case is the number of people whose lives would be affected by Rachel Reeves and Becca Charlwoods campaign to close every club in Leeds. Lets see what 750 people actually looks like.....

When you see a graphic representation of the number of people whose lives could be affected, maybe its possible to grasp the scale of Reeves campaign. 750 is a bare minimum, it does not include dependants and if it did, the number would be well over a 1000. I find it amazing that the political group that are trying to destroy these peoples lives are almost all members of the Labour Party, this is nothing else demonstrates their hypocrisy.

As you know, Rachel Reeves set up a petition which she periodically refers to on her Twitter account. That said, the last time she mentioned it, the answers were maybe not to her liking....

Leon Ward doesn't understand what the fuss is about, Craig Gordon quite rightly ascribes Reeves viewpoint as being right wing and best of Hayley BooCock states her disagreement. Note that the Empress declined to respond to any of the Tweets. I am intrigued about Christopher Johns views on tackling demand and wonder if he believes that a curfew on 'sad men' might be in order.

In terms of Reeves petition, there have been some interesting comments, so lets have a look at the best.....

Cllr Caroline Gruen says.....

"........I am in full support of this campaign and am of the view that a city of the significance of Leeds should be leading the way in supporting vulnerable women and tackling exploitation at every level......"

So in other words the best way to support vulnerable women is by adding another 500 to the list by virtue of unemployment. Makes sense to me....

Bernard Atha CBE is clearly still smarting about the fact that his personal morality counts for nothing in this debate.....

"........The fewer the better......"

You will already be aware of that fact that rad theatre director Simon Brewis made the following comment in order to boost his feminist credibility for his Foolish  Men project. Hasn't worked by the way....

".......Sexual entertainment venues should have no pride of place in our city centre. If you feel the need to pay money to degrade a woman like a psychopath then you should be expected to crawl into a rat infested back street ally like the scum that you are to do so......"

Sarah Keane rambles on in pleasingly sense free manner.....

".........These clubs have an impact on the increased sexualisation of women and also an impact of the wellbeing and self-esteem of young women in particular. The number of clubs in Leeds normalises the objectification of women and in turn has a negative affect on healthy relationships, sexual health and contraceptive use......"

Sarah Ashley fails to understand the difference between a 'child friendly' and 'child centred' city...

"......If Leeds wants to be taken seriously s a child friendly city then some sort of limitation needs to be placed on all the adult entertainment premises (especially the locations!)......"

I could go on, but these people bore me to death and therefore I will just summarise by saying that Reeves campaign has a vacuum at its core and she will not win. That said I kind of prefer it when rad fems tilt at windmills because its fun to watch and wastes their time....