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michael


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30-04-2010 11:55 AM

Well this is my personal summary, feel free to disagree and add your own analysis - if you were present:

We found out that only one of the candidates is a regular church goer, the others have strong personal beliefs and a Christian up-bringing. All are against poverty in this country and abroad. All oppose climate change and have policies to address this. All are politicians because they want to make a difference and help people. All have strong local connections to the area (although Jim and Romaine clearly had a greater connection with the area).

Regulations and Red Tape in public services probably saw the closest thing to a different emphasis from the parties, with Chris talking about primarily about business regulation, Jim defending public sector targets as improving and monitoring the provision of services in the absence of a profit motive, Romaine wants less form filling for public sector workers, Alex wanted less centralisation and more power to the people on the frontline.

All had plans for job creation, some using the environment to employ people and others creating more apprenticeships.

Jim defended the whipping system. Romaine emphasised the Greens complete lack of whips and the tension between members with religious beliefs that sometimes conflict with policy. Chris pointed out they are elected on party manifesto commitments but would do what was right for the constituency and tell the party leadership to stick it if they told him to vote against the interests of local people.

Romaine was the best performer. Alex was a bit flustered by the 'God question' at the beginning which he had to answer first, but recovered and I overall I would say it was generally about equal between the three main parties.

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