News
21 APR 2010
Candidates debate in Grantham
A large crowd gathered at Springfield House on Tuesday evening to hear Nick Boles answer questions together with Mark Bartlett, the Labour candidate for Grantham and Stamford, and a local Liberal Democrat at a hustings organised by the Grantham Business Club and the Grantham Journal.
Nick Boles took the opportunity to outline his plan for South Kesteven District Council to transfer powers over truly local issues to town and parish councils and backed the establishment of a town council in Grantham. He also threw his weight behind the plans for an East-West bypass, the partial pedestrianisation of the Market Place and the development of modern offices to attract new businesses to Grantham.
From someone who was there watcning, I think it is a slight exaggeration to say he "threw his weight behind" these ideas. His exact answers were I'm not going to sort your problems out for you... and I can't believe this hasn't happened yet, referring to the east-west bypass. Both of these statements are a shocking indictment of the current Conservative administration of SKDC which operates a Bourne centric approach to development within SKDC. Nick also said if you were to introduce car parking charges into Bourne, Bourne would simpy fall apart. I find that truly amazing considering that Bourne has been at the centre of a growth and development plan by SKDC for over 5 years. Bodes well for the Grantham growth project don't you think?
- skeptic
In addition to this, a Grantham town council will not be created whilst a Conservative administration remains at SKDC, as the current administration is overwhelming opposed to it.
- skeptic
Note that Nick has cropped the Lib Dem out of the picture... wishful thinking?! We loved the slip up in the debate where Nick promised "You're electing me to rape...to errrr... represent" the constituency.
- Eye witness