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Mcjrpc

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Weren't the last local elections a year after the General Election - there's always a bigger turnout for a General Election. Maybe Warren Farm earned the LIb Dems  more than they would otherwise have had. What next for LibDems though - was this a punishment or have they lost ground for good?

8 May 2015

3 Conservative councillors elected to TDC https://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/article/21486/Election-Results-Map

I didn't have my polling card but I took my passport and Council Tax bill in case they wanted ID but they only wanted my surname and address.     Very easy to nobble if you know someone's not voting so am posting this as the polls are closing...

I don't have a problem with the design per se, they just dwarf everything else and look too big for the space they occupy.  But I don't doubt once someone is fool enough to part with that kind of money there'll be a rush to demolish everything else along there and put up more of the same.

No, it's not but if that's all you can find to campaign on, it suggests the LibDems are pretty short on policies.   Richard Younger Ross spent £1500 on mirrors, £1500 on a chest of drawers and accepted £8000 from the landlord of his flat which the taxpayer was paying for.   How does that makes the LibDems superior? But back to the question - council tax freeze, reduced government funding, ...

6 May 2015

So please tell us more how you'll be managing services instead of chattering about a £35 garden charge and the cost of the carpet at the Manor. (By the way who thought it was a good idea to raise that subject given Richard Younger Ross cynically misused taxpayer money to lavishly furnish his Dolphin Square flat?) If as you say you've costed services, how different will this budget be if the ...

6 May 2015

So how else would the Lib Dems generate income for us? Or will it be cuts in other services?

6 May 2015

So how else would the Lib Dems generate income for us? Or will it be cuts in other services?

I know in Dawlish Central the 3 Independent councillors will have to declare a pecuniary interest but if you exclude them are you comfortable with a party political council and no independent voice?  And how do you square that with predetermination?  I take your point on there not being a whip but we all know about deals bring done in corridors and selling your soul to the devil!  I'm yet to ...

5 May 2015

@Lynne What if you vote LibDem on Thursday and those councillors don't end up on the Planning Committee?