CHRIS P;
I'm becoming increasingly concerned lol that i agree with all that you say lol
with regard to full council i think we should take reg out of the discussion and look at it from the point of view of a member of the public who has no idea of procedures but gone to the trouble of raising his concerns to what he/she believes will be a council that will listen.
That member of public may well have a very bad view of governments and local councils, but made an effort to put his case in the belief that the cllrs he elected are running the council.
if this member of the public is treated the way reg was this will be just another person swiched off from local/national politics
and thats sad
its hard enough to get people involved as it is