“During his time at the council, Mr Ezra has hit the headlines by questioning whether fiction should remain in libraries “as most people buy books. He also axed qualified librarian posts, and raided the library book fund to pay for building refurbishments.
But revamping traditional libraries in Winchester, Gosport and now Basingstoke into multi-million-pound discovery centres has been hailed a huge success.”

A mixed bag of actions, it might be said. All worth noting.