YP Comment: Whitby v Scarborough rumpus

IT appears the Brexit negotiations will be a proverbial piece of cake compared to Whexit, the power struggle between Whitby and Scarborough.

Apparently fed up at being ignored by its ‘big brother’ down the coast with delays to pier repairs identified as the latest injustice, perceived or otherwise, Whitby’s independent-minded councillors have, in an act of rebellion, passed a vote of no confidence in Scarborough Council’s leadership. Not even a tug-of-war on the beach between civic leaders from the two towns is likely to settle this score – and that’s a pity.

If Yorkshire’s resorts are to prosper, and they all have socio-economic challenges, their leaders need to behave like grown-ups – they shouldn’t need a fortune teller to remind them that Scarborough and Whitby’s future prosperity depends on both resorts broadening their appeal to tourists.