Jim Parker: Constructive or destructive? You decide, but please let's just move on quickly

Ummmmm some may say as the first seeds of regeneration schemes planted by the Conservatives are apparently about to be delay by the new opposition.
The partnership has been been accused of holding up moves to redevelop run-down toilet blocks at three seafront locations in the Bay.
They insist there are key questions to answer on the proposals for the toilet blocks at Corbyn Head in Torquay and on Preston seafront, as well as the Old Toll House on Torquay’s waterfront.
And they have used the council’s ‘calling in’ procedure to force the overview and scrutiny board to take another look at the sell-off within the next couple of weeks.
Council deputy leader Chris Lewis, who has been championing the Tories' 'we will deliver' regeneration pledge, said he was ‘disappointed’ at the move.
He said: "I'm very disappointed that the opposition is standing in the way of progress by delaying the decision to sell three of our prime site assets.
"There may be challenges ahead but all three buildings have been empty for over three years and we are determined to take the sites forward. The previous administration were unable to make the difficult decisions hence the lack of change over the past four years.
"This Conservative administration is all about delivery and these three sites are the start."
The Tories have decided to sell the three properties on the open market with a view to delivering new cafes and bars. The previous administration had already begun working with would-be operators, and says some of them had no idea their plans were no longer on the table until they read it in the local press. The old coalition council would have built the new cafe/bars and leased them back to the operators.
The call-in covers 'unanswered questions' - what is the rationale for disposing of the assets when there are potential end users for the schemes which could see them regenerated and deliver an income to the council; when were the potential end users of the sites informed that the sites were going to be sold; for the Corbyn Head site, what parameters are being placed on the scale of any development to protect this much loved green space; are the legal issues that were preventing redevelopment of the Old Toll House still present, and might the present a barrier to a disposal; are there guarantees that a disposal will lead to timely regeneration projects being started – or could developers simply sit on these assets?'
The overview and scrutiny board can refer the matter to the cabinet or to the full council, or vote to take no further action.
Cllr Swithin Long, one of the councillors behind the call-in move, says: "Two of the locations still had end-users who were expecting the council to proceed with them.
"There are some practical questions that need answers, as well as some bigger ones.
“For instance, when did we tell the prospective end users that the buildings were going to be sold instead? Given that these projects would have brought an income for the council, it does seem a bit odd.”
Cllr Long said members wanted to know if there were any guarantees that the new cafes would be built within a certain time in order to prevent them being ‘banked’ and left untouched by developers for years to come.
Cllr Lewis said: “What is most disappointing is that once again the questions they are putting are just delaying tactics.
“It means we can’t get on with it, which is what we want to do. Instead of working together on this, they are going to do all they can to block it.
“These are quite small developments compared to the decisions we are going to have to make on places such as the Pavilion and Oldway. If they are trying to block things at this early stage on small developments, it looks like we are in for a rocky ride.
“I thought we could all work together for the good of the bay, but apparently not.”
Cllr Long said the Conservatives talked about ‘delivering’. But, he added: “What is it exactly that they are delivering?
“Is simply selling these sites a delivery? In which case not much has been delivered.”
Lib Dem and opposition leader Steve Darling said their pledge to be constructive still stood.
He said: "We are going to be constructive in opposition. We are not wreckers, but we will hold the administration to account.
"Our real concern is is giving sites to the private sector really going to sort it? Or is this just political dogma?
"With the Toll House it has already cost £200,000 to get it over the line yet there are still access and land ownership disputes.
"The private sector is not just a magic wand."
Ok, let's get these questions answered and then move on - at pace!