Despite plummeting relations between parts of the leadership, the parties are attempting to rebuild an alliance
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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 
In the third of his party conference round ups, Luke Pollard went to the Tory Party conference and found a party back in government and they are serious about getting on with the job. And that job is all about cutting the public sector back 
Totnes Lib Dem councillor defects to the Greens because of association with ‘national policies on welfare cuts, nuclear weapons and nuclear power stations with which I cannot identify’ 2 comments - ()
Herald Express weatherman, Ernest Freed, Freeman of the Borough, commented on Torbay Council’s insistence on Christian prayers at the start of council sessions: “If someone who lives in this country doesn’t like Christian ways they should go and live somewhere else.” (Ernest is Jewish, btw) 1 comment - ()
Fawcett Devon’s Amelia Taylor Watt gives a run down of what the election results mean for how well women are represented in parliament, and finds they are big losers again in the election system. 2 comments - ()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. 2 comments - ()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). 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 1 comment - ()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. 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. 1 comment - ()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. 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? 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 |
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