I was pleased to read the Jon-Paul Howarth’s latest blog article in VOXX magazine, Jon-Paul is a fellow Liberal Democrat Councillor in East Marsh Ward and perhaps is one of the UK’s youngest Councillors, at the age of 19.
He is a great advocate of not only young people, but the residents of the East Marsh. So far he has carried out some great work in the ward, but within the local council; it is interesting to look around and listen to some of the comments when Jon-Paul is around. At times you often hear: “Now then, young man”; perhaps Jon-Paul should respond with “Now then, old man,” but fortunately he is very tolerant. And of course there have been the usual comments about his dress codes, get to grips everyone we are in the twenty first century, and if John McCain gets away without a tie surely Jon-Paul can occasionally wear a “trackie”.
VOXX Blog: Hello and welcome to the second edition of my blog, and just before I start can I just say, how great the first VOXX? It was the definitely the highlight of the carnival!
Amishi, a new nightclub in Cleethorpes has recently opened. This is great news, when you look on the Riverhead to see clubs closing left right and centre, that a brand new club has opened. However, as a 19-year-old I may not be able to enter!
The club is operating to 21 years and over policy, and is not the first in the country to be doing this. So how come clubs are allowed to turn away under-21 away so easily when you have to be 18 to drink? Surely this is discrimination and in this PC world they can’t get away with being prejudiced against young people? We’ll soon we could be finding that we are too young to get in.
Imagine the outcry if the Grimsby Evening Telegraph’s latest headline read “OAPS to be banned from Freshney Place”.
This is a quote that I have adopted from the Shalom Youth Project ‘Being a young person is not a crime! Discrimination against them should be!’
Thank for reading – seeing you next time……
He is a great advocate of not only young people, but the residents of the East Marsh. So far he has carried out some great work in the ward, but within the local council; it is interesting to look around and listen to some of the comments when Jon-Paul is around. At times you often hear: “Now then, young man”; perhaps Jon-Paul should respond with “Now then, old man,” but fortunately he is very tolerant. And of course there have been the usual comments about his dress codes, get to grips everyone we are in the twenty first century, and if John McCain gets away without a tie surely Jon-Paul can occasionally wear a “trackie”.
VOXX Blog: Hello and welcome to the second edition of my blog, and just before I start can I just say, how great the first VOXX? It was the definitely the highlight of the carnival!
Amishi, a new nightclub in Cleethorpes has recently opened. This is great news, when you look on the Riverhead to see clubs closing left right and centre, that a brand new club has opened. However, as a 19-year-old I may not be able to enter!
The club is operating to 21 years and over policy, and is not the first in the country to be doing this. So how come clubs are allowed to turn away under-21 away so easily when you have to be 18 to drink? Surely this is discrimination and in this PC world they can’t get away with being prejudiced against young people? We’ll soon we could be finding that we are too young to get in.
Imagine the outcry if the Grimsby Evening Telegraph’s latest headline read “OAPS to be banned from Freshney Place”.
This is a quote that I have adopted from the Shalom Youth Project ‘Being a young person is not a crime! Discrimination against them should be!’
Thank for reading – seeing you next time……
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