The council released a press statement yesterday saying that the tickets have gone and advising people not to turn up at the door.

The problem is that if it is reported at all, it will only be in newspapers after the event. The council must be aware of this, they use the papers to promote events all the time. They would also have known that the tickets were running out well before yesterday.

So there are two questions: why did they not advertise the need for tickets in the first place? and why have they left it so late to say that the tickets have gone?

I’ve got a feeling that they actually want people to be turned away, because it will add to the whole “anger about splitting West Lancs” argument.