General Discussion
Yes, and the rules of 'purdah' will apply. "The pre-election period regulates the conduct of public bodies in the weeks preceding an election. It calls for caution over decisions which could have a bearing on matters relevant to the election, decisions for action with a long-term character (including appointments), and policy decisions on which the newly elected body could be expected to take a ...
Michael, as you have indicated further above, you and I do generally disagree about little. On the matter of why we find ourselves with 350 more homes in Dawlish than was (and remains) indicated in the Teignbridge Local Plan, it is clear we are poles apart. I also consider much of what you have written to justify the position you have taken as quite irrelevant to the facts. These were that the ...
So are saying that the people of Dawlish supported this high-risk strategy? Did anyone explain the consequences? Heads we would have 350 homes where we would prefer them. Tails, we would have 350 homes where we would prefer them - and another 350 homes where we did not want them in the first place, thank you? Oh, please, bring on the jugglers...
We need 5 actually, Michael. Unless of course you consider that Humphrey Clemens and Roz Prowse are in unassailable positions. Oh, and on the subject of re-writing history, perhaps you would care to take a look at the minutes of the Overview & Scrutiny meeting of 4th September 2012 in which the decision to move the 350 homes from Shutterton Park to Gatehouse Farm was taken. Proposed by Cllr ...
Michael, you are quite correct with your remarks about our pitch for the Westminster election. A vote for any other party in the Newton Abbot constituency other that the Lib Dems is a vote that will help elect a Conservative MP and a Conservative (or Conservative-led) government. That much is plain. But local issues have changed beyond recognition since the last District and Town Council ...
Lynne, I think you are right - but I would be cautious about hanging my hat on the timing argument due to potential precedents. There are other sites in Dawlish (other than at Gatehouse Farm and Shutterton Park) that have already been granted planning permission on the basis that SANGS will be coming forward. TDC's May 2013 SANGS report shows 638 houses with consents and 900 to be delivered via ...
The S106 legal agreement attached to this development makes provision for either: A/ cash towards the purchase and maintenance of SANGS at Warren Farm, or: B/ 6.24 hectares of land for SANGS elsewhere, should Warren Farm not be deliverable. Cllr Clemens seems to have taken it upon himself that it is plan A, or bust. Wonder what the Teignbridge legal team will say on 28th?
Michael, what you propose sounds most impractical. The measures coming forward will - as I understand you - be from one party alone, with deals made 'on the hoof'. This can lead only to fudge and confusion - a loss of stability and confidence at home and abroad with disastrous consequences. Coalition may be viewed by some as a marriage of convenience, however such an arrangement has brought ...
BTW, here's the link to rest of what Nick Clegg had to say yesterday. http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/clegg-we-ll-give-tories-heart-and-labour-a-brain-1-3744859
Michael, I understand your sentiment, but not your reasoning. If (for instance) Labour was to win the most seats but not a majority (given there current poll standing of around a third of all votes) is it really fair that they should govern alone? Are you so wedded to the one party system that you would be prepared to see two thirds of the country disenfranchised? Would you feel the same if the ...
