LETTERS – Sort out Christmas tree first

Note to Lincolnshire elected representatives like those bragging in the latest issue of County News about how so-called devolution means more money for them:
If you want to impress constituents that you will spend all this alleged new funding wisely, you could at least erect a Christmas tree in a manner to that isn’t likely to pose a risk by falling down.
A phrase involving “organise”, “couldn’t”, “a brewery”, “in” and some other words leaps to mind.

G Kent
Pinchbeck
(Ed – The Christmas tree in Spalding is put up by South Holland District Council, not Lincolnshire County Council who produce County News.)

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