At today’s meeting with the Council and the Dean we were disappointed to learn that the Council are not going to make a room available for our public meeting. The reasons that this is not possible remain unclear, it seems to us somewhat disengenious that they cannot offer us; The people of Bristol, a space to discuss this important issue.
We were pleased therefore that the Dean, David Hoyle indicated he would look into the possibility of using part of the Cathedral building to host this meeting. We thank the Dean for being open to this possibility.
We also discussed a number of other local issues with the council, particularly whether their community asset transfer process is fit for purpose given that 200 council properties remain empty.
We also brought to their attention the actions of Edinburgh City council in voting to publicly support the aims and sentiments of global occupy movement.
We are pleased that the global occupy movement continues to build momentum towards a more equitable political and economic system.
