Just heard a news report that a theatre, about to raise its ticket prices, had come up with a scheme to offer reduced prices to locals, who pay towards the upkeep via their council tax.
Sounds good and sensible to me.
Unfortunately the Maltings Theatre is in Berwick, which is only a few miles inside England away from the Scottish border. Now a Scottish Nationalist is claiming that it is racial discrimination against the Scots who would have to pay more.
Sometimes it's not necessary to say anything, is it? Things speak for themselves.
Then again, something like 41% of the theatre's audience comes from Scotland. The theatre management asked the region to contribute to its costs: the local authority refused. So it could be spin or spite.
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Sounds like spite to me! Why is it than whenever someone comes up with a good and sensible theme someone else wants to sabotage it?
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