If any right minded journalist was following the actions of local government in Denbighshire recently, they would have enough material to keep them in clover until well past Christmas. They would arguably have enough content upon which to base several major conferences to boot. It has been surreal to watch one group point the finger at Westminster for inflicting the cuts to public services while another group points the finger at Cardiff. Surreal because nobody seems willing to point their fingers a little closer to home. When the areas for cuts were first announced last autumn, large groups of local people expressed dismay at what lay on the table. It was as though a challenge had been laid down to see how many vulnerable people could be punished in a single calendar year. On Monday, 120 people turned out for a public meeting to oppose plans to transfer Dolwen in to private sector care with an emphasis on elderly mental health. I chaired that meeting and it was upsetting to have t