Post Office Closures

Should parliament vote to suspend post office closures?

  • Yes

    Votes: 22 75.9%

  • No

    Votes: 7 24.1%

  • Don't know

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    29
  • Poll closed .
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andrewb

Pillar o' t' Community
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There is a vote next week tabled by the Conservatives to suspend post office closures. Labour want to close them, but many of the Labour MP's are campaigning locally to keep them.

Greg Pope has said he wants to keep post offices open and has criticised the huge amounts of money the managers get in bonuses. Hopefully he will rebel against his party and defend our post offices.
 
The post offices get a grant, so tax payers pay part, well all of it because of course they pay when they post things too. I'm sure things can be done to make post offices run more effective and at a lower cost to the public, but shutting them down is the wrong path I feel.
 
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Buses and trains still exist though. Although were there more back then? I don't know I wasn't around and I doubt I'm going to find those specifics on the internet.

For the record I think rail privatisation was a bad thing. But lets keep this on topic. :D
 
It's not though is it.. They are going to exist but in far fewer number.

If something is necessary for the public, such as post offices, but can't be run with a profit, then I think the government should be backing the system up.

Buses still exist in large numbers because it's profitable.
 
aint disagreeing with yer arguement,just tellin it the way it is. sucessive governments do not give a rats about the "Little" people, aint condescending but ya will learn when youve been round the block a few times, by the way i voted to keep em open.
 
Have voted no .. sorry, but business is business :idunno:

Why should we taxpayers pay more to subsidise a losing battle. No point in throwing good money after bad.
 
Not very Conservative, keeping unprofitable businesses open, propped up by tax payers money, is it?

What happened to the free market economy?

Your beloved Lady Thatcher must be livid with this turn of events, as she struggles the half mile to Raphael Street in Knightsbridge, to collect her pension.:D
 
I wondered when this would come garinda ;)

Hence my clause that it should only be supported if it's necessary and can't be financed privately.

A completely free market wasn't advocated by even the Iron Lady.

It's a very Conservative approach, for it is common sense asking for it to be reviewed, which clearly it does when even profitable post offices are facing closure!
 
On a personal level, I think it is very sad that many Post Offices face closure, just as I lament the death of the High Street, due to the ever expanding supermarkets.

However, just as people's shopping habits have changed, so has the world in which the Post Office now exists.

When was the last time any of us went into a Post Office?

For me it's been well over a year.

Pensions and benefits are paid directly into bank accounts. The renewal of things that once resullted in queueing in the Post Office, can now be done via the telephone, or online.

For better or worse, times have changed, and I for one don't think public money should be used to keep unprofitable businesses open.

If people want their Post Office as a social meeting place, then that money should be invested in community centres, that aren't only open 9-5, and closed all day on a Sunday.
 
cashman said:
i was in one today rind with paris,n i use 1 at least once a fortnight i reckon.
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What for ?


For the Cash, Cashman ? .. you a bit unusual that you boast you always deal in Cash .. little unusual these days methinks.
 
katex said:
Have voted no .. sorry, but business is business :idunno:

Why should we taxpayers pay more to subsidise a losing battle. No point in throwing good money after bad.
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Nice one Katex..........a few quid to subsidise the post office would be better spent than propping-up the banking industry after the years of ripping off their customers..............stability my arse
 
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