A Hull of a waste
THE people of Hull are rightly proud of their city, even when John (Lord) Prescott is putting both feet in it. They do not need a £49,700 National Lottery-funded project to define the notion of Hullness.
This might not be as profligate as the 300,000 that was wasted by the powers-that-be on a cog to symbolise the city's quest to become a "top 10" destination, but it is still a Hull of a waste of public money – a trait which is all too common on the banks of the Humber. What Hullness should mean is a pro-active effort to mitigate the impact of the 1,400 jobs that are being axed by the city council as part of a 50m cost-cutting exercise.
In these austere times, this is far more relevant to the city, its residents and the area's wider image than a spurious scheme that is being funded by a body, in this case the Heritage Lottery Fund, which usually pleads poverty when various financial demands are expected of it.