Local hustings in Cheltenham. another 2.5h hours of political debate with added experts. Found myself having my mind changed by the power of the whole panels argument on Afganistan - wow. Local GCC councillor Mark Hawthorne was a revelation brilliantly prepared especially on Afganistan I now find myself agreeing that we should stay there and immediate withdrawal is not an option.
Mark Coote (Con) strong (have to declare interest here as I know Mark personally) as was the Liberal incumbent Martin Horwood, sometimes! UKIP well what can I say, if anyone had ever considered voting UKIP they certainly couldn't entertain doing so now after seeing and hearing the candidates (Peter Bowman) performance in this local debate.
Very interesting reaction afterwards I'm in jeans etc. unlike almost everyone else who are suited up. Some very obvious judging book by it's cover going on which had to be back tracked when they finally chose to speak to me!
As has happened over the years the most heated interchange occurred around hunting which saw a strong rebuttal of the LD position by Mark and a clear message of repeal on a free vote.
NIMBYS won the day on the regional spacial strategies policy with clear statememt on a back to bottom up policy which should see house prices rise as supply fails to match demand - so not all bad :-)
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