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Ex-pats fear for their pensions post-Brexit Will the triple lock still apply? By Emma Woollacott May 18, 2016 Ex-pats in Europe are becoming increasingly concerned that their pensions could be frozen, with one expert calculating that people could lose up to £50,000 each as a result. Currently, Brits retiring to the EU receive the same pension rises as they would in the ...

18 May 2016

And I await a publication entitled " How the British media has tried to lie and trick us into leaving the EU".

This was announced in today's Queen's Speech. I've put it on here as, like the new Housing and Planning Act, what it contains may well impact on Dawlish given all the new housing that is planned for the town. Talk about shifting sands! Scroll down to pages 19& 20 - here is the link ...

Would love to know why you and yours think the EU was/is a con.

17 May 2016

For those whose poliltics are to the left of centre and who are still in two minds as to which way to vote might I suggest a read of this article : http://www.redpepper.org.uk/eu-debate-what-are-the-real-choices/

This Appeal was on the Agenda at last week's Dawlish Town Council planning committee meeting where it was Resolved that: "Secmaton Lane must not be used for any construction traffic or any access to new houses".

The town council's planning committee have recommended refusal of this request as they are not supportive of any Affordable Housing reduction below 25%.

@Taverner . I think you are referring to the Voices for Dawlish councillors who were in office 2011 -2015. I seem to remember a letter in the Dawlish Gazette shortly after they were elected from an ex Lib Dem councillor having a pop at them (or some of them) claiming that they were really Labour people. I have no idea if that is or was true. But I do know that I wrote a letter in response ...

He has.

16 May 2016

or, just for the Brexiteers, howsabout  Puppet (UK) on a String (Brussels)