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Read Through the Latest Council Spending Report Line by Line and Found a Genuinely Baffling Consultancy Fee That Nobody Seems Able to Explain

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Read Through the Latest Council Spending Report Line by Line and Found a Genuinely Baffling Consultancy Fee That Nobody Seems Able to Explain – Oliver Granthe’s diary on local government waste and one afternoon of genuinely frustrating spreadsheet archaeology

Attended a Genuinely Contentious Planning Meeting Where a New Green Levy Was Voted Through Despite Nearly Every Local Business Owner in the Room Objecting

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Attended a Genuinely Contentious Planning Meeting Where a New Green Levy Was Voted Through Despite Nearly Every Local Business Owner in the Room Objecting – Oliver Granthe’s diary on local business frustration and a vote that went ahead regardless of the room’s mood

Spent the Afternoon Fact-Checking a Government Minister’s Claim About Job Creation Numbers and the Actual Figures Told a Considerably Less Impressive Story

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Spent the Afternoon Fact-Checking a Government Minister’s Claim About Job Creation Numbers and the Actual Figures Told a Considerably Less Impressive Story – Oliver Granthe’s diary on political fact-checking and one afternoon of genuinely revealing spreadsheet work

Debated a Local Party Official for Nearly an Hour About Immigration Policy and Neither of Us Budged, Though I Think the Argument Sharpened Both Positions

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Debated a Local Party Official for Nearly an Hour About Immigration Policy and Neither of Us Budged, Though I Think the Argument Sharpened Both Positions – Oliver Granthe’s diary on a genuinely difficult policy debate that ended in disagreement but real mutual respect

Spent the Evening at a Genuinely Packed Meeting Where Nobody on the Panel Would Actually Answer a Straight Question About Energy Bills

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Spent the Evening at a Genuinely Packed Meeting Where Nobody on the Panel Would Actually Answer a Straight Question About Energy Bills – Oliver Granthe’s diary on frustration with evasive local politics and a room that clearly wanted real answers