Poet Laurate and, significantly, the new Chair of the MLA, Andrew Motion, has attacked library closures, according to the Guardian: Poet laureate speaks out against library closures
Meanwhile, at Westminster, an early day motion supporting Unison's campaign on public libraries is gathering support from MPs, with thirty signatories as I write. Early day motions are not, in themselves, very significant: they are not debated in parliament, and the motion is mildly worded. Even so.
