I enjoyed the debate on Saturday between myself, John Merry, Norman Owen and Eileen Fairhurst of the PCT. There was a decent crowd (the event as a whole was very busy) and I hope they found the debate interesting, although there was some understandable frustration that the session was not more interactive and that the questions had been pre-selected.
Personally I would have liked to see a longer session with a few more hot topics to get our teeth stuck into - schools and maternity services are two obvious ones! I hope that the Council will not get cold feet at the thought of some genuine political debate and I hope these events will become a regular feature in the future. Perhaps we might even see some debates organised between the three party leaders in the run-up to local elections? Personally I think that would be a welcome development, although I must stress it isn’t something I’ve discussed with anyone!
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