Dawlish Against Censorship
Is the town crier a paid position? Or does this bloke and his wife just enjoy dressing up/larping like they're still in th 1700s for free?
If volunteers are being used to replace paid workers to clear our waterways, then we should get a Council tax reduction. Hell why don't all these comfortably off, retired, middle class volunteers clean the public loos and collect our waste if they're as keen as mustard. Or are they all just there as 'extras' in another Lib Dem staged photo opportunity? The problem is that Dawlish Water was ...
Wolborough Fen named jewel of English nature by Guardian https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/wolborough-fen-named-jewel-of-english-nature-by-guardian-799519 "A SITE of Special Scientific Interest in Newton Abbot has been named as one of the Guardian’s ten jewels of English nature at risk from the development. The Guardian describes the Fen and the other sites as ...
@burnside Dawson knows that her sh*tshow as chair of TDC that went viral on You Tube is now common knowledge for those who take an interest in the broader sh*tshow that is local politics. And that people talk. It all would've really bruised her ego. Her latest post is as near to an admission as we're going to get that she was wrong when she appointed herself 'Equality Champion' for trans ...
It's a Lib Dem tactic to be seen to be doing something, because they know the 1900 or so who vote for them don't actually pay any attention to whether the Lib Dems actually get anything done. Dawson is yet again petitioning the District Council on which she sits, which is run by her own party. It's all about her, getting her face in the paper and not the plight of this business owner. Now ...
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?
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?
The money could be spent on much more worthwhile things. Painting that shabby railway viaduct for example. No money to reinstate the other Manor Gardens bridge, but there is money for a statue of Brunel??
