The focus of the hustings was Public Services and several questions had been collated in advance of the meeting, although these had not been seen by the candidates beforehand.  The questions included the PCS public service pledges as well as issues and plans that are affecting public services locally.  After these questions, there was time for questions from the audience.

Each candidate had a chance to give their view on the question and the debate was quite lively at times with one or two of the candidates tending to interrupt when others were speaking.  On occasions some of the candidates got a bit sidetracked or misunderstood the question and went off at a tangent so the independent chairman had his work cut out.

All in all the meeting was very interesting and worthwhile, although I will keep my opinions about the various candidates to myself.