[Guinness]

I've been to a few of these public meetings, where searching questions are dodged, ideas are brushed off and the outcome is steered to the one preordained. It's like being on an opposition bench during a major debate.

It's disingenuous to ask anyone to believe that surveys, polls and demographics, paid for by the party machine, are not used in selecting where to electioneer.

Steve Kean once told the national press that he had a mandate from a hundred well wishing letters a day proving that the majority were behind him. I could argue that everyone that I have talked to agrees that Whitebirk would be a good thing...I won't because I can't evidence it, neither could Kean and neither can you evidence that your 8 card carrying mates are a true representation of what 'we the people' want.

The long term labour vision, by definition, is just that...a dream.

You are not 'listening' to the public who are voting with their feet and shopping elsewhere. People do not go shopping to look at 'period features', they want 'more' not 'less shops', stating that you will place a 'greater focus' on the market is just a soundbite, because you don't actually outline how you are going to deliver on this. As for more leisure retail, sorry mate they are quite happy on leisure retail parks in Blackburn and Burnley, where you can buy some stuff get it carried to your car and continue shopping next door,such a pity Hyndburn is refusing to allow one to be built here.