Howard
You make a fair point, Cllr Collor is becoming obsessively blamed for this, but I think he doesn't help himself by keeping quiet over the matter. That may be party orders, though.......were it not for Sue Nicholas trying to be transparently open over the whole thing, the toilets issue would seem to be the Tories closing ranks in order to protect one of their own, even though he may actually be at fault.
I don't share Bern's dislike of those single booth toilets, they look quite presentable to me, and similar facilities are to be seen all over Europe. I dislike the price, though - £1.00 for a pee seems excessive, even in rip-off Britain.
The argument over this seems set to run and run, and still no sign on the horizon of any decency at Whitfield. Why doesn't someone up there just say 'Okay, we made an error of judgement here - let's get the toilets reopened pending resolution of the situation with the Town Council?' Public pressure seems to dictate that these facilities are hugely important to the Townspeople, and it wouldn't take one working day to install turnstiles that operate by putting in a 20p coin; it seems common sense to make a start by getting the toilets open, even a gesture of goodwill, whilst the wrangling of ownership unfolds, and I implore DDC to forget political posturing and realise the social importance of keeping public toilets open.
As an aside, perhaps we could make new signage? This one in Copenhagen would seem to fit the bill:
