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Geoff Clams is fixin’ to die

By PRSD, on Monday, June 15, 2009

The weekly column from the world of Geoff Clams

Given the media tumult surrounding the Iranian presidential elections, accusations of stolen votes and an inflammatory cultural split, one might be tempted to say that, by comparison, political passions in Britain are either dying, dead or extinct.

Anti BNP protest takes place in Totnes

By PRSD, on Saturday, June 13, 2009

Totnes, you know the constituency of everyone’s favourite mansion-owning MP, Anthony Steen, will be the setting a protest against the BNP’s Euro Election gains today (June 13).

I am suppose to write about the local and Euro elections but…

By PRSD, on Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Disabled Kevin asks do we know or care about local politics

Despite being a semi-professional politician, I have still not become aware of any local issues which may influence my decision of which party to vote for on June 4. Living in Plymouth I can only vote in the European elections, but still do not know

Western Morning News’s helpful ‘greasy-haired twat’ picture caption

By PRSD, on Wednesday, June 3, 2009

We don’t know about you but we’re always getting Anna Pascoe confused with Stuart Cullimore. Yes, she’s a lady and he’s a man, but still.

A real snake in the grass in Devon – makes a change

By PRSD, on Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Snakes in the grass have been in the news lately, what with politics an’ all, which is why this post from Sophie on Devon Dispatches caught our eye – she actually saw a real snake while on one of her usual swimming trips.

Hair apparent – Lib Dems call Stuart Cullimore a ‘greasy-haired twat’

By PRSD, on Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Things do get pretty heated in the political arena but it’s not often a candidate is described as a ‘greasy-haired twat’. More’s the pity, we reckon.

#devonelection three more candidates offer Twitter-esque message

By PRSD, on Monday, June 1, 2009

Three more county council candidates have got in touch to share their Twitter-esque manifesto – summing up their political message in 140 character or fewer. A useful and fun exercise we thinks. What do you reckon?

Giles Chichester says UKIP has a phoney prospectus. What do you reckon?

By PRSD, on Sunday, May 31, 2009

With UKIP poised in the polls to make headway in the forthcoming election (that’s on Thursday, June 4, in case you’ve been too busy with your expenses to know what else is going on), we thought we’d share a letter from Conservative MEP Giles Chichester. In case this seems biased, against UKIP… well… they can