It was agreed at last night’s council meeting that the issue of public speaking should be referred back to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

A couple of questions for them – irrespective of the morality and ethics of eroding democracy.

1.  Fifty letters of objection arrive on the same day in the same post.  Who decides which ones are opened first?

2.  Who will decide whether the first 5 objectors chosen in this “first come, first served” recommendation are representative of the whole?  What if they are not?   Say the first 5 objectors all make the same point – for example, that they don’t like the colours being chosen – but Objector 6 makes a killer point that would undoubtedly affect the outcome – for example that what is being contemplated is demonstably against the law – what happens then?