Had a fun evening with a groupf of Conservatives in Chessington. They had been particularly active during the times when we made a clean sweep in Chessington and took all the Council seats there. Lots of questions and answers on policy and what the party needs to do to get themselves into a position of winning the next General Election. Great evening with great company. Most exciting aspect is that they all want to participate in campaigning and help out. This means a starting team of 25'ish in Chessington!
The party announced it's policy on phone masts. Phone masts are a running sore in local government. Whereas Councillors get to decide planning applications for almost everything else because of some quirk they do not on phone masts. Phone masts cause the most public concern because of their association with health problems etc. They can also look damn hideous. There is a building on the A3 near Tolworth that looks dreadful with about a dozen of these things stuck on top and with no attempt at concealment. This is a good policy and I hope that one day we will extend our planning policy to stop the meddling of the Mayor for London and John Prescott in the planning process.
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