Community Voice
Friends and readers. As most or all of you are aware,our Community newspaper the NEN is under threat of closure. Pilton Sucks deplores this situation,and although the NEN was heavily dependent on it’s Labour Party connections,something we strongly opposed,and something we suspect is a factor in their demise,this is still our Community newspaper and not a party political football.
The NEN we believe has the potential to be a first class Community newspaper and we give it full support as this Community does. What Pilton Sucks and the vast majority of this Community will not tolerate is a Labour Party broadsheet by any other name. We in this case will not name names -you know who you are- but in one recent issue 4 pages were devoted to one Labour Councillor and the Community project she manages.
That’s simply unacceptable and no-one will support that kind of biased coverage. The NEN requires the support of the Community,it has that,it has the support of Pilton Sucks.undoubtably it will have the support of the other community newspapers under threat.
So the NEN has got the support,don’t blow it by doing something stupid like openly displaying your political opinions. You are there to serve all the Community not just the tiny Labour minority. Our sister site Edinburgh Sucks is also concerned by this threat as it is a dedicated community voice as well.
Helen has been round and about the community drumming up support for the NEN and she tells us that nobody wants to see the NEN go. We think a community petition should be started immediately and let those that would shut us down see that this community is singing with one voice.
The NEN does not just belong to any individual it is the property of the Community and we will not let it go with out one hell of a fight.