Case proved for station, MP argues.A BIG fire at a popular community centre proves the case for keeping Warwick Fire Station, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Warwickshire MP. James Plaskitt James Andrew Plaskitt (born 23 June 1954) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington. Born in Grimsby, Plaskitt was educated at the Pilgrim School in Bedford and went up to University College, Oxford to read , MP for Warwick and Leamington, believes last week's blaze at Bath Place Community Centre, in Leamington, should force county council leaders to rethink re·think tr. & intr.v. re·thought , re·think·ing, re·thinks To reconsider (something) or to involve oneself in reconsideration. re sweeping cuts to Warwickshire's Fire and Rescue Service. He believes the building was probably saved from destruction because crews from three stations - Leamington, Warwick, and Southam - were able to attend. His comments come on the day that a petition, to block the axing of seven stations, reached 3,800. Mr Plaskitt said yesterday: "It's sad to prove a point this way, but there is no escaping the fact - had the county's cuts already been in place, that building probably could not have been saved. "If there had been another call-out at the same time I don't see how cover could have been guaranteed. "Sadly, incidents like this make the case for retaining our local fire stations." |
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