✉️ Bitterly disappointing to hear the Bridge of Allan Post Office will be closing, despite a huge level of local support.
https://alynsmith.scot/2023/01/17/stirling-mp-slams-bridge-of-allan-post-office-closure/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlynSmith/status/1615303644047462400
.@KeithBrownSNP and I organised a petition for local residents to have their say - and the numbers speak for themselves.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlynSmith/status/1615304076627177472
Ultimately, closures are the inevitable consequence of the privatisation and commercialisation of what should be public services, in whole or by stealth, by successive UK Governments.
From banks to post offices, closures shouldn't risk alienating citizens from key services.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlynSmith/status/1615305357290573825
I reached out to the local @coopuk to explore moving services to their nearby store, to no success.
I've written afresh, to both the @PostOffice and @StirlingCouncil, to emphasise the importance local services have to the community.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlynSmith/status/1615304833246068737