I could only feel sympathy for the leader of the Green Party when she struggled to answer questions on the radio this morning about her party’s housing policies. She called it a ‘mind blank,’ as she failed to explain the costs and seemed to think you could build a house for £60,000.

We’re used to a bit of ‘mind blanking’ here in Chipping Bonhunt from some of our District Councillors, particularly when it comes to explaining how the local infrastructure will be provided for all the new housing they plan for the town.

Roads, doctors, schools. We need more than a ‘mind blank’ to provide the answers local people quite rightly demand.