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I believe Andrew is the secretary of Dawlish Warren Tourism group. I'm 99.9% certain that he has nothing to do with the Dawlish Neighbourhood Plan working party. Huw, are the representations online? If so can you post a link so that the rest of us can see them please.
As I saw it Lynne, honours were even on the point Cllr Clatworty seems to have got most aerated about recently (as it turns out, the question as to who was involved in the fix of the flooding in Cockwood) - but on public transport, the early delivery of the link road and the cuts to teaching school funding, Cllr Wrigley made all the running - including a pledge that a Lib Dem Devon County Council ...
I see that Andrew Bulpin (Leadstone Camping) and one other business (not sure if it's come from the business or a rogue individual) have put in representations to prevent a local charity from holding a fund raiser. Bulpin is the Secretary of the Warren Tourism Group and also on the Dawlish Neighbourhood Plan set up. Neither live in Dawlish or the Warren! Good job guys - just the kind of ...
The problem is that under any other system than 'First Past The Post' is that it is unlikely than any Govt would have a majority in the House. Therefore bugger all gets done! BTW I've just bought a new (never had one before) diesel car (ordered before all this hit the headlines); it does 58 mpg urban and 60+ dual. It has a 1500cc engine. Am I really polluting more than some of these ...
Under the current voting system only. Socio-culturally they are not popular at all. We were not given the chance to vote for PR. The Tories fear it. Things will change; the political elite has alienated themselves from the people. As older traditional Tory voters die off and they're replaced by people who are expected to work until they're much older with less pension provision (if any) and ...
And as I said, the voting public were given the chance to reform the system and they rejected it, so we have live with what we have, and under that the Tories, in the main, are the most popular party.
Exactly the system isn't fit for purpose. You finally get my point. It would be the same if the above figures related to Labour, Lib Dems, Ukip or Greens too. I oppose the Tories, but I'd accept whichever party won a fairer PR election.
In that case, with our skewed electoral system, I doubt any government for a very long time has enjoyed majority support. The voters were given the opportunity only six years ago to change the system and that was comprehensively rejected, so one can only assume they are happy with the current arrangements.
The system is not representative of the will of the nation, it is skewed. @Burnside Why didn't you answer Viaduct's question? You really think the majority of people in the UK trust the Tories? Laughable. Read this: http://theconversation.com/voting-system-gives-tories-a-result-most-uk-voters-didnt-want-41595 The Tories represent 36.9% of those who voted. ...
The governments were elected under the rules of our electoral system, anyone with a basic comprehension of the British Constitution understands that.