FEAST OF FOOLS Jowell ends our carnival tradition

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: April 10, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

An extraordinary blunder by Tessa Jowell and her officials at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) threatens to bring an end to one of the West Country's most spectacular traditions - the vast processions of brightly-lit carnival floats which parade each autumn through the streets of many Somerset towns, raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity.

Thanks to an oversight in the drafting of Mrs Jowell's new Licensing Act, council officials fear that each carnival will now have to pay up to pounds 64,000 for an annual licence - far more than they raise for charity - and ...

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