THIS week the artist Banksy dismantled his bizarre creation Dismaland – an interactive attraction he called a Bemusement Park.

For five weeks it had queues around the dreary, water-logged block and it made £20 million for the local economy in Weston-Super-Mare.

A local councillor said they were the "envy of the country." (WBC should twin with them alongside Reno).

More than 200,000 people paid to look and laugh at something that ridiculed modern life.

The very same punters themselves probably didn't realise they are actually living in their own Dismaland.

Sadly, in the real world anti-social behaviour is far more grotesque than anything Banksy could have imagined.

His morose merry-go-round was a reality check for so many visitors. A Carousel of Cruelty.

Now the remnants of Banksy’s work are being recycled to help migrants in Calais.

He is making a difference out of his art wreckage by building shelters for refugees. I hope during the current political conferences, parties address the most serious of threats to our society.

We fear cuts in our already under-resourced police force.

Meanwhile morons use their “leisure time” causing havoc and destruction like the vandals burning down the Birkenhead Park Swiss Bridge this week.

We need to deal with anti-social behaviour now – not tomorrow – before our suburbs become mini-Dismalands.

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WILL Wirral council stay on route 66 or downsize?

The apolitical Inferno believes it is only fair that the public have their say.

Already a discussion about the proposal to reduce the number of councillors by a third has been postponed four times.

It sounds like sensible economic sense to reduce numbers.

It would certainly save on expenses.

Now is an ideal time to show that while public sectors cut jobs the council could also do with some self-pruning in these austere times.

How about a referendum to let the public decide or at least an online poll? But no consultants please.

Councillors are meeting tonight (Wednesday) – let’s hope it's fifth time lucky to get the debate rolling.

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PAUL O'Grady is not having the best of times – losing two good famous friends.

His warm comments about Cilla at her funeral could only come from a true close pal.

Last week another pal of Paul’s mates passed away, the charismatic author Jackie Collins.

I met her in my London showbiz days.

She once told me that I sounded just like "her friend Paul and Lily Savage".

Lily claimed in her hilarious memoirs (featuring a pic of Jackie and her together) that she helped Jackie pull through writer's block – urging her to write about a Hollywood sex symbol from the back streets of Birkenhead.

Now in such sad times here’s something to cheer up Paul. One of the latest tourist attractions at Liverpool’s Quay Confectionary store at the Albert Dock is a giant portrait of our Wirral wonder made entirely out of jelly beans. How sweet!

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THE Bay City Rollers are re-forming.

Three of the original line-up are going out on tour.

They were a mega-big '70s boy band when they sang Shang-a-lang and Bye Bye Baby.

But a trio of late 50-somethings recreating these dates relics on stage is woeful.

There won't be any screaming tartan hordes.

Why do our stars cling to past glories?

The Who (who are playing Hyde Park) are only 50 per cent of the original line-up. And 10cc are on the road with just one member (so, technically, they should be called 2.5cc). The Drifters have had 60 different members since the 1950s.

If only bands would bow out gracefully and stop ruining our memories. You can get back to a place but never the time.

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AND finally .... What timing!

A blood red moon arriving at the Labour Party conference opening. Will there be a blue moon next week for the Conservatives’ get-together?

I slept through it and will now have to wait until 2033 to see a red moon arising. I will be 75. Crater expectations indeed.

Peter Grant