October 2010 » People's Republic of South Devon

Hot chocolate? Tory minister in 'Cocoagate' controversy

By PRSD, on Sunday, October 31, 2010 |

Tory Minister Andrew Mitchell is said to have intervened for a major donor to help lift a ban on cocoa trading in Ghana after smuggling allegations

Torquay's Other History: Buffalo Bill on the Newton Road

By Kevin Dixon, on Sunday, October 31, 2010 |

Before Buffalo Bill was defunct he brought his Wild West Show to Torquay. Some 560 men of different nationalities with 593 horses took over a nine-acre field on Newton Road.

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Trident protestors arrive in Plymouth

By PRSD, on Sunday, October 31, 2010 | 2 comments - ()

Anti Trident protestors have been arriving in Plymouth. The group emphasises they are anti Trident, not anti Devonport Dockyard, and says weapons inhibit the economic growth of the city, rather than enhance it

Devonport Blockade gets the backing of Green Parties in the South West

By PRSD, on Saturday, October 30, 2010 |

Plymouth and South West Green Parties back the anti-Trident demonstration in Devonport, Plymouth on Monday, November 1.

The inexorable rise of the EU! South West MEP Graham Watson's week in Europe

By PRSD, on Friday, October 29, 2010 |

It’s been a busy week in the EU, says South West MEP Graham Watson, with debates about the European space agency, hedge fund rules and the first major discussion about the future EU budget. And with permanent presidencies now in place, the development of the EU is inexorable

Anti-nuclear campaigners to gather at Devonport Dockyard for Trident protest

By PRSD, on Friday, October 29, 2010 |

Anti nuclear campaingers are set to gather in Plymouth at Devonport Dockyard on Monday, November 1 at 6am to protest at the on-going work related to the Trident nuclear weapons system

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Have the changes to housing benefits been properly thought through? Not according to Torbay Lib Dem MP Adrian Sanders.

By PRSD, on Friday, October 29, 2010 | 2 comments - ()

in my neighborhood, we face financial challenges every day

Torbay MP Adrian Sanders has highlight why he doesn’t think the changes to housing benefit and other proposals haven’t been thought through in terms of their impact