Pride and preparations
May. 30th, 2026 06:18 pmWhen Reform gained control of Durham County Council last year, one of the first things they did was withdraw funding from Durham Pride.
Today, to no-one's surprise, the annual procession and festival have gone ahead without them.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
durham_rambler put on his (Parish Council issue) rainbow lanyard and joined the procession from Palace Green down to the Sands. The Parish Clerk had offered him a VIP ticket to the entertainments, which he had declined: "Don't you want to meet Steps?" asked the Parish Clerk, and he admitted that he wouldn't recognise them if he saw them. (But he did allow our County Coucillor to invite him into the VIP tent and buy him a half of lager.)
Meanwhile, I stayed at home and made progress with things - website update, loaf of bread, laundry - that I wanted to get done before we head off for a couple of days tomorrow.
And that's where today went.
Today, to no-one's surprise, the annual procession and festival have gone ahead without them.
durham_rambler put on his (Parish Council issue) rainbow lanyard and joined the procession from Palace Green down to the Sands. The Parish Clerk had offered him a VIP ticket to the entertainments, which he had declined: "Don't you want to meet Steps?" asked the Parish Clerk, and he admitted that he wouldn't recognise them if he saw them. (But he did allow our County Coucillor to invite him into the VIP tent and buy him a half of lager.)Meanwhile, I stayed at home and made progress with things - website update, loaf of bread, laundry - that I wanted to get done before we head off for a couple of days tomorrow.
And that's where today went.
