michaelclayson
If it helps, substitute the word promise for guarantee. The point remains valid that in an age of coalition we need to have more information from parties than their own policies, we need to understand where the points of difference will sit in coalition negotiations if we are to exercise any democratic control over the formation of a government.
My worry is what happened 5 years ago . If we had a LibDem MP we'd still have had the past 5 years. Nothing would have been achieved. Vote LibDem and get Cameron Osbourne would have been the outcome. If we are to live in an age of Coalition we need more information up front from the parties about what they will be doing on May 8th. The Lib Dems have been a party of government for 5 ...
@Soul. It's up to you and your competitors to persuade me :)
Our electoral system may yet throw up surprises - but I wouldn't rule out one of the big two deciding to shoulder on as a minority government for some months and then (heaven help us) there will be a second election in search of a more conclusive result.
@Mcjrpc Yes, all the people listed are members of the town council Planning Committee, except for Cllr Burrowes who resigned some months ago when she realised that her work commitments were clashing with the dates of the planning committee. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are automatically members too. @Soul I understand the point you make. As you know, planning decisions are made upon ...
Hi Lynne There was a mix up in the admin section at TDC which meant that the application wasn't listed in the weekly application list sent out by Teignbridge. This is used within the town council office to prepare the DTC planning agenda, which meant that it never was put before the town council planning committee. The DTC planning committee have used the opportunity of the planning ...
@Lynne Have you seen this? http://lordashcroftpolls.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/LORD-ASHCROFT-POLLS-Con-Lib-Dem-battleground-June-2014.pdf As far as I know, this is the last time Ashcroft polled in Newton Abbot. It's obviously old data now, so the question may be how far people's intentions are likely to have changed since then? We live in curious times
The planning appeal is over the refusal of TDC to allow the conversion of a barn in to a house for Mr Week's son. The town council voted that it will write to the Inspector and state that it does not object to the conversion provided that it can be shown that it is necessary for the future viability of the farm business.
It's a fair point that improvements are needed to the town council website. Including capacity to carry more volume of documents. It's not a lack of will, but rather a shortage of that most valuable commodity, time. Even so, I think most longstanding observers will feel a greater effort has been made to improve communications and involvement
This is a strange state of affairs, as I am not intending to vote Conservative. However, I believe in fair treatment, so will share the following information I've just read on AMM's website "As you know, Parliament has now dissolved and there are no MPs until the General Election on 7th May. I have had the privilege of representing the people of the Newton Abbot constituency as their MP ...
