Ref Cuts in Hampshire Library Services

The Hampshire Chronicle 7th of February revealed over a million pounds cuts in its book budget. The whistleblowing Liberian urged readers to inform their councillors etc.A good suggestion I thought as they appeared to be ether uniformed or unaware of their own councils failings.

It is difficult to believe that we are in an information age or indeed we have a government that believes in education,education.I feel these cuts are short sighted because books have a role even in this cyber age. Many sections of the population do not own or have access to computers. Further there remains a high degree of illiteracy for which books have a part to play in remedying.Nor is there any part of society which would be unaffected from the young to the old.

Perhaps democracy and knowledge are difficult. But I would have thought some good and clear thinking was increasingly needed or is a stupid and unread electorate the next political step.