Keith says..“ This has been written on the wall for a long time. Good on them for voting no confidence in the management. How much has this company spent on management consultants down the years to tell them how to run a business? Millions. The people at the top should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.”

Barry Grant says..“ Is Phil Redmond's column going?”

Precise says..“ Are you sure your insider didn't say the Post is being destroyed by a thousand blunt and inept ****s”

Salad Daze says..“ One more example of the corrupt and corrupting collapse of capitalism and not an asterix to be seen... If we accept 'globalisation' (ie more power to them that have), the market (a place where your pockets get picked), 'choice' (for those with dosh), all propped on the carcass of celebrity, alcohol and one-second digital attention spans.... this is what we get. Bring back The Rescue Man's Higson-drinking mates.”

Dig says..“ Can I have a job? I could write in The Echo. Somebody got shot, a building collapsed, jobs have been lost/created, somebody went to jail and a celebrity was spotted in the city centre and repeat.”

Observer says..“ In its heyday the grand old Echo sold around 400,000 copies a day, and the Post did rather well also. Interestingly the Post has always been the poor relation with the company citing the profits from the Echo paying the bills. Of course in recent years under its existing editorial management the Echo has dumbed down, so much the early edition can easily be confused with the Daily Star. The management just don't get it: the more they dumb down and headline death and miserable stories the more readers turn away. That's no the critics saying so - circulation is now just over 90,000. Trinity Mirror management, both here and in London, are in denial. They need to address the editorial policy of the Echo, it is so poor it is scary. The Daily Post, however, has the potential to be a valued and much loved Liverpool newspaper, a real paper of record. It's approach to politics and business is far more grown up. TM insults the intelligence of Echo readers by wrongly assuming they want to read the sh*** they publish each and every day. Look at the circulation figure FF's sake, it's stating the bleedin' obvious. The management criticises the union for its stance, vote of no confidence, etc. What is the staff supposed to do when so many, through no fault of their own, face Christmas on the dole. It's as though nobody at Trinity Mirror will listen, or even cares. It's about time the city wig-wigs told TM what's what and repeat to the company the views they have about the Echo and the company. They are currently too afraid thinking, probably correctly, that if they publicly condemn the Echo they will be ex-communicated from its grubby little pages. Am I annoyed. I surely am, as we face living in a city with no or little credible media to fight the corner of its citizens. ”

Cambo says..“ That would mean sacking the Echo executives. You aren't suggesting that, are you? ”

Observer says..“ Yes Cambo, and especially YOU!”

Almost an ex-reader says..“ The Echo is crowing in tonight's, opps sorry, this morning's edition, that it's Stop the Rot campaign has saved the Welsh church on Princess Road. Didn't you carry this sorry at the start of this week by the way, another example of the Weekly Oldham Echo at its worse. It's Stop the Rot so-called campaign has been virtually inactive for the whole of this year so how can it claim the glory for this. No, this is down to hard work and dedication by a team from the City Council, and credit where it is due, must go to them. Nothing at all to do with the Echo or with Stop the Rot. But as there is a Stop the Rot campaign why doesn't the Echo write a story pleading for itself to be rescued and saved from the rotten thing it has become.”

Cambo says..“ That's a very good point. I'll mention it at conference”

Sylvester Sneakley says..“ And that rich woman's name really is "Sly"? You couldn't make this stuff up!”

Anonymous says..“ Happy Christmas to all our readers”

Rusty Spike says..“ Hey up....I could swear I just heard the ghostly refrains of John Lennon's voice drifting across the Mersey wailing...'We're Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, we hope you have enjoyed the show......' etc....”

OHS says..“ then there are the £60,000 of plasma screens in the newsroom that they bought earlier this year and which have never been switched on.”

dubai bye says..“ Still sending two journos to Dubai as well though eh? There are a lot of good journalists and snappers that this company are going to get rid of. Damn shame.”

Cambo says..“ Hey everyone! 5pm announcement to the staff at Old Hall St. The final salary pension scheme just got scrapped! ”

Tourman says..“ I stopped reading the Echo when it changed format and the front page was just a headline. The paper style became so busy with different fonts and the photographs were over printed with words. I have not missed it and on the odd occasion I have read a copy that has been left on the train I am not impressed. O when "Willie" retired that really did see the Echo going to the dogs.”

Voice of experience says..“ There's nothing worse than when Willie retires. But there are medicines for that sort of thing these days.”

The Prattman says..“ Maybe we could sponsor the paper. How about the Liverpool Arena Daily Post? ”

Correspondent says..“ Or how about the Professor Chucklebutty Echo? I hear he's minted.”

Dig says..“ Minted like a lamb? That's just his Old Spice aftershave. ”

that'smrbollockstoyou says..“ The writing was on the wall for the Post when the Echo changed its deadlines to effectively become a morning newspaper. Before that, the kamikazi policy of ramming the Post's price up to a ludicrous 60 pence while giving it away free to early morning commuters travelling into the city started the countdown to meltdown. It not only blew a foul wind in the faces of their most loyal readers but displayed a disregard for intelligence that would have merited a life's sentence in Ashworth for an act of criminal insanity. You only have to find out what a low regard the Post and Echo is now held by the local population by talking to any city taxi driver, the litmus paper for public opinion. This has less to do with the quality of journalism (although I like Tourman stopped buying the Echo when it turned its front page into a splash of banal headlines and no stories). The proper reporters that are left on both papers (sorry, MMJ's as they're now been branded ) are in despair at the palpable lack of respect for their work shown by Trinity management and the devastating affect it has had on the news coverage. It's a crying shame, especially for the Post, which five years ago cost a comparatively mere 32 pence (almost half as much) and had possibly the best selection of news and features of any tabloid in the country. It was also printed on high quality newsprint and er-hum in its home town and not in a Manchester satellite. Pulling its limbs off like a doll that's no longer wanted by a destructive child owner gives proof to the creditable rumour that Slyron and the beancounters at the highest level in Canary Wharf decided to wash its hands of regional journalism at least a year before the crunch came along to give them the perfect excuse they needed to do so. And then reward themselves for it. Sickening.”

Stephen says..“ I gather the cuts at the Echo are being described by management as "refining the newsroom". I think George Orwell was once a journalist. Perhaps he got his idea of doublespeak from Trinity Mirror?”

redfox says..“ The management clearly have screw loose. When Echo went to be a morning paper - all the punters were completely confused. These days by 6pm they're all wrapped up ready to be sent home. There's too much competition in the mornings by the nationals - that's why local news in the evening works dah? Now the Daily Post is a different animal - and I don't think it competes with the Echo. There needs to be some sort of management buy-out, by both papers. They can both stand on their own legs. Maybe Phil Redmond might assist the Post - and they need to raise the cover price - to cover all costs and do marketing! The Echo could probably fend for itself. We need some people power.. like STOP THE ROTTERS campaign...”