Leith Waterworld campaigners release film calling on locals to play politics

Leith Waterworld may have closed but the local campaign group has not given up. Hundreds of people have already viewed this video clip which was made by local resident Jon Pullman.

The man with the big brown hat in the video clip is Nick Gardner who is standing as a Labour candidate at the next election in the Leith Walk ward.

Readers of this blog will be interested to know that neither of his party colleagues who represent the area on the council, Angela Blacklock and Gordon Munro, have backed the Leith Waterworld campaign. Indeed, they actively voted against moves by another party at the last full council meeting that would have kept the pool open. 

Meanwhile, campaigners have lodged a formal complaint against two more local councillors, Lib Dem Councillor Marjorie Thomas who represents the Leith Ward and SNP councillor Deidre Brock who represents the Leith Walk ward.

Splashback campaigners alledge that the two councillors have a conflict of interest as they moved a motion at the same council meeting supporting the closure of Leith Waterworld, even though they both also sit on the board of Edinburgh Leisure. 

You can read more about the campaigners complaint on their blog. 

Meanwhile Waterworld campaigners have been perplexed to find that their Twitter account has been suspended. They still  have a Facebook page, on which they posted the following statement: 

"Innocent technical glitch or sinister attack on freedom of speech? The Splashback twitter account was suspended yesterday, shortly after mentioning a large supermarket chain and having the temerity to ask a question about the impact a large store may have on a local economy, in this case in Galashiels...We are appealing this, but in the meantime please keep in touch here on FB, or via the blog."