A Day at the Races!

Ready for the Off! The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and his Cabinet visited the South West Region to meet a cross section of people gathered at Haldon Racecourse to discuss a range of issues followed by a Cabinet Meeting away from No.10. Fresh from a dash to Northern Ireland where the main political parties had at last agreed the outstanding parts of the devolution process, Gordon Brown and his colleagues soon got down to business answering questions from members of the public, school and university students and front line workers invited to participate. I was there to meet and greet and was able to chat to many of the Ministers and delegates, but it would have been more meaningful if, with my colleague the Lord Mayor of Exeter, we could have sat in on the question and answer session following the reception. Oh well - at least I managed to get a photo with Jack Straw!