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Northern Lights author Philip Pullman has launched an attack on the government's library policy, telling campaigners they were fighting a "war against stupidity", and criticising Brent council for "political bullshit" over its library closures.
He made the speech as library campaigners from across the country vowed to work together to put pressure on government, at a pioneering day conference held in London on Saturday (22nd October).
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The defence of the public library service has entered a new phase with the judicial review hearing in the High Court into Brent council’s contentious proposal to close six of its 12 libraries.
The case was the first to be heard but more will swiftly follow, as campaigners frustrated by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport’s unwillingness to order a public inquiry into closures turn to the law for urgent action before their libraries are closed for good.
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