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Dawson would go to the opening of a fridge if it got her picture in the paper.

Dawson and the Lib Dems voted to effectively kill small businesses in Queen St Newton Abbot and the party also gave the go ahead for Lidl's in Bovey Tracey, despite numerous concerns from small businesses. Now here she is with yet another petition which just offers false hopes to the business owner, whilst providing her with yet more publicity.

@Carer , would you say that there's absolutely no need for for food banks, breakfast clubs in Schools to feed malnourished children and winter fuel allowances so a large proportion of pensioners don't freeze to death each winter? Which reality do you refer to? Your own or that of wider society?

Carer
Carer
29 May 2025

@DAC " Are we living in times of austerity or not?" According to the doom and gloom brigade, we are, but in reality, we are not.

Alfie Pilkington have been transferred to a secure hospital in Dawlish. A 30-year-old man from Exeter accused of sending malicious communications to local schools has been transferred to a secure hospital from a jail, where he was being held on remand during legal proceedings.

Photo op for lib  dem rosie , why is she even in the picture? Oh aready addressed that, photo op.

Dawlish News
Dawlish News
29 May 2025

A BUSINESSMAN who owns a shoe repair and key cutting shop in Dawlish has hit out at a nearby supermarket’s plan to build a Timpson at its Exeter Road store. Ben Elliot, owner of Park Road repair shop, Be Repaired, says that Sainsbury’s plan to build a new retail concession pod in its carpark will adversely affect his business.

More business means more employment and more tax revenue, so it will pay for itself and probably other things.

So get businesses that directly benefit from tourism to pay for it. Are we living in times of austerity or not? I don't see the tourist trade having such a positive impact on the wider community, we have to pay higher water bills to deal with the seasonal increase in sewage and the impact on local beaches. Council tax in Dawlish is the among the highest in the area, I don't see the tourist trade ...

@Steve It'll be going on in this country because it's profitable. The RSPCA turn a blind eye to cruelty against animals every single day of the year from farming to horse racing. What makes anyone think they'd intervene in the halal slaughter of animals?