Hoban bashing, grandfathers and rural IFAs: Your reaction to the RDR Debate

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Our coverage of last night's historic Commons RDR debate triggered an avalanche of comments from our readers. Did it live up to your expectations?

Simon Kershaw "I have never seen such a cross-party consensus on any subject, let alone in a graveyard slot. Mark Hoban should hang his head in shame. He had the brass neck to brazen out a prepared nine minute speech - exactly as he did in Westminster Hall - with absolutely no regard for what should stand as an essay in democracy at work."   Martin Bamford "A number of the arguments so far in this debate just go to demonstrate how desperate the anti-RDR lobby have become so late in the day. To suggest the RDR will hurt small firms in rural areas who serve C1 and C2 consumers sim...

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