The Solent Deal is bonkers

We should be grateful to Councillor Stephen Morgan for exhorting us to respond to the consultation on the Solent Devolution Deal.  In case you missed it, the “deal” is described at http://www.solentdeal.co.uk/further-information/ .  However, although it is supposed to be a consultation,  I couldn’t find anything about it on the Portsmouth City Council website, and eventually I found a link on the Southampton City Council website, which also points to http://www.solentdeal.co.uk/.  ¹ (see footnote)

At the same time Hampshire County Council is consulting on a different series of options, including a different “Solent” area;  and various Hampshire district councils are also carrying out their own consultations on different proposals.

So it seems to be a bit of a mess.

Charlatan?

As I watched Owen Smith on the television this evening the word that came to my mind was “charlatan”.

I voted for Jeremy Corbyn last year, but in the light of all the criticisms from his PLP colleagues, I was prepared to listen to the arguments of his opponent with an open mind.  I was sadly disappointed.