Westminster Street Performers Survey

[Spartacus]

Westminster are proposing to reduce the number of spots where street performers can operate down to 15 with only a few allowed PA systems.

This has been pushed through by only 1,800 complaints in a year. Yet millions of Londoners and tourists have been watching and enjoying these performances for years (centuries)

They are asking for responses via a short survey to be completed by this Sunday.

Are you in favour of against reducing the number of pitches, types of performances and potentially driving Street Performers out of the capital?

The survey and more information is here :

https://www.westminster.gov.uk/busking

Personally I've spent my whole life secretly enjoying seeing the Street Performers around places like Covent Garden and admired their bravery in getting up and entertaining the masses and I for one don't want to see them gone or restricted. Do you ?

[KidKruger]

Nope.

Must every remaining drop of joy be regulated and diminished ?

[maxxi]

Does this include skipping?

[wordsworth]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Does this include skipping?

😊

[Spartacus]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Does this include skipping?

If it's an art form then possibly

[fishbiscuits]

We've lost our record shops, dive bars, gig venues, clubs. Carnaby street is essentially a mall. Covid will kill off half the pubs. Anything interesting has been booted out to make space for yet another Starbucks/Pret.

IMO they're usually pretty cringeworthy, but they make the West End seem vaguely alive... and give people a reason to hang around in town, in an era when shopping online is the logical choice.

So if anything... let's have more of them.

[Spartacus]

Fishbiscuits did you complete the survey to tell Westminster that ?

[fishbiscuits]

Most of the questions are not really relevant as they're specific to pitch location, license process/fee, etc. But yes I did.