| Lib Dem PPC Linda Jack on hustings panel (4th from left) |
Barton-le-Clay is threatened with massive new development on the Green Belt if a local UKIP candidate MP's sister-in-law gets her way.
Tim Smyth, husband of north-east Beds UKIP candidate MP Adrianne Smyth, let slip last night that his sister plans to build a whole new village on the north-east edge of Barton. He and his wife were talking to me after the first hustings for Bedfordshire parliamentary candidates yesterday.
I'd asked Adrianne Smyth to clarify a remark she'd made earlier. She had said that, if elected, UKIP would “take villages out of over-washed Green Belt status”. She confirmed her intention was to keep Green Belt around villages, but to allow building and extensions within villages themselves once their Green Belt status was removed.
But then her husband pointed out that Bedfordshire was “rather better” at this than Hertfordshire and as Lib Dem candidate MP Linda Jack joined our group, Mr Smyth announced his sister's building plans with (momentary hesitation and clicking of fingers while he searched for the name) 'Kilroy'.
The hustings, hosted by the Country Landowners' Association (CLA) at Shuttleworth manor house early yesterday evening, were well attended by CLA members.
The next hustings will be in Shefford at the St. Michael & All Angels Parish Church hall, Shefford, SG17 5DD from 7.30pm on Thursday 16 April. All are welcome to attend to question MP candidates on their views and local issues.
What do you think? Please email me at janet.nunn@ntlworld.com or call 01582 882799
Janet Nunn - Lib Dem candidate for Central Beds Council 2015
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