“The mysterious case of the disappearing [public] services”

Columnist Tim Murgatroyd writes about “the mysterious case of the disappearing [public] services.” He says “there have been other alien abductions, of late, in York. For one thing, it seems increasingly hard to find a bin for your sandwich wrapper or coffee cup in the city centre. This may seem a small issue. But it seems to me a harbinger of public spending cuts to come in our austerity-plagued times. And you see the signs everywhere if you look hard enough. For example, police officers seem to have been largely replaced by street rangers in the city centre. Now I am not denigrating these mainly youthful individuals ranging from Piccadilly to Parliament Street. It’s just that I would prefer to have properly trained and accountable police officers protecting my city.”