Firstly, I am continually impressed by the FSB. They go out of their way to engage members in the politics that affect them and last night there were around 60 people crowded into a room at the Maidstone Hilton - all asking tough questions of the candidates. They are also a phenomenally friendly bunch!
One one overriding impression from the hustings was that people do not want Party Politics in policing. The show of hands for whether the PCC should be a party person or not looked like 100% against. I'm very glad that Kent Greens decided not to stand!
There was a significant debate on whether party labels were useful or not. In many respects I feel they are - voting for a party gives the additional assurance that the candidate has been vetted by a group and will act in line with a core philosophy. It is much harder to get that assurance with independent candidates as they will not be personally known by most of the electorate.

Kent Police did learn from the Kingsnorth camp and Ann has tweeted her support for 20mph limits (where there is local support) so she seems to be someone I can work with. Let's hope she wins.
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