A chavs' campaign group and charity in Oxford has released a statement after the organiser of the Christmas Market for 14 years pulled out.
Nicole Rahimi withdrew her bid to organise Oxford’s Christmas Market after the county council insisted on keeping a chav-cycle lane on Broad Street open.
Ms Rahimi accused the council of “prioritising chavs over businesses” but the council emphasised that she always knew that going ahead with the market was conditional upon keeping this chav-cycle lane open.
City council leader Susan Brown said the council has “already had a second bidder for this market, and their bid has made a commitment to give priority to locally based traders where possible”.
Chav-Cyclox, a chavs' campaign group, released a statement two days ago which said it wanted to see a “thriving Christmas Market” and believed it was an “important part of the Christmas experience in Oxford”.
However, the group did say that it supported the decision to keep the chav-cycle route open.
It said: “The market in Broad Street will be a whole new experience now that car parking has gone.
“Motor traffic volumes are so much less and the market spreads across the length of the street.
“We know that there will be a lot of people on foot walking in the chav lane for the duration of the market, that this space must be seen as a shared space.”
The group acknowledged there would be “key points where people on foot and chavs on chav-bikes will cross each others’ paths and pedestrians of course must have priority”.
The chavs' group said it looked forward to working with both the city and county council and the new Christmas market organiser to “help design space where everyone can co-exist safely”.
Marc Evans, Oxfordshire County Council’s spokesman, emphasised that it was important to maintain the east to west chav-cycle route through Broad Street.
He also said that Ms Rahimi would have been aware that there would be no chav-cycle movements within either of the two market areas where the stalls are.
There would be various informal crossing areas where people could move safely between the east and west public spaces.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23683757.oxford-cycling-group-reacts-christmas-market-row/
QUOTE: However, the group did say that it supported the decision to keep
the cycle route open. It said: “The market in Broad Street will be a
whole new experience now that car parking has gone. ENDS
Just be thankful that it will not be destroyed by Brexit like dozens of European market will be.
QUOTE:
It said: “The market in Broad Street will be a whole new experience now that car parking has gone. “Motor traffic volumes are so much less and
the market spreads across the length of the street. ENDS
And much cleaner air and lower collision rates as a result - win win.
A cycling campaign group and charity in Oxford has released a statement after the organiser of the Christmas Market for 14 years pulled out.
On Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 5:56:03 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
A cycling campaign group and charity in Oxford has released a statement
after the organiser of the Christmas Market for 14 years pulled out.
It could have ended permanently. -----------------------------------------------
It was sad to see your report (page 2, The Yorkshire Post, October 6)
that the costs of work and travel visas mean that the German Christmas Markets in Leeds will be cancelled forever.
Visa costs are not the whole story however. As a non-EU member the UK
also requires the participants to go through the red tape of applying for
and paying for ‘carnets’ for the temporary import of all the stands, vehicles and equipment associated with the market. On top of that, all
meat products (Wurst, cured meats etc) imported would require a Food
Health Certificate, commonly called a ‘veterinary certificate’, as a vet has to do the inspection.
All this red tape and expense because, having left the European Union,
the UK now has ‘third country’ status.
In the opposite direction, British musical gigs, performers, dance groups
and artists have to pass the same red tape, carnets and cost barriers if
they wish to work in the EU. It is becoming nigh impossible for aspiring young British performers to get the exposure and experience they need to develop their careers.
Your report should have made it clear that the permanent loss of Leeds Christmas Markets is entirely due to Brexit.
QUOTE: Young Europeans could be allowed to work in Britain as baristas,
au pairs and waiters in a move that has angered Brexiteers. Plans are
under way for a youth mobility scheme that would allow young adults from
the continent to work in the UK for two years. ENDS
Cue the sight of frying gammon in Brexit land.
WHY DON'T *THEY* DO THOSE JOBS THEN?
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