Leave our LanimerDay alone Mrs May!
The same thing happened only two years ago when Mrs May’s ‘snap’ election of 2017 saw the town’s major civic celebrations being put back a week.
This week, like the rest of the nation, the Lanimer Committee can only guess whether or not the Prime Minister will go for a June 6 poll.
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Hide AdDespite denials from leading Conservatives over the weekend that Mrs May will go to the country if she fails to get a Brexit deal at the end of next month, political commentators have claimed that the governing party has put its election team on standby and a large sum of money has been committed to party advertising in the lead-up to the first week in June.
There are also the factors of current UK polls showing the Conservatives ahead of Labour - a situation similar to those that tempted the Prime Minister down the election road two years ago - and Labour’s mantra of wanting such an election as soon as possible.
And Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who was on a visit to Glasgow at the weekend, said the nation “couldn’t wait” for a General Election.
Whatever happens, when the 2017 election was called, the Lanimer Committee and the town as a whole coped superbly, the whole celebrations being moved back a week appearing to go smoothly.
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Hide AdIn this time of uncertainty, there is only one sure thing; Lanark WILL have its Lanimer Day 2019.
Only its date remains in question.
For more Lanimer 2019 news, including details of the this year’s full court, please see page 4.