General Discussion

Dawlish Division result:

CLATWORTHY John Conservatives 2,236 48.3%

COLLINS Derek Richard Liberal Democrat 969 20.9%

FAIRFAX Richard William Walker The Green Party 273 5.9%

FOUNTAIN Margaret Ruth UK Independence Party 901 19.5%

HESSE Graham Eric The Labour Party Candidate 236 5.1%


Spoilt 17 0.4%

Total votes cast 4,632 100%

Total electorate 10,938

Turnout 42.3%

well done john, good to see dcc back in tory hands again after all these years.

Oh how they so quickly forget how the Tories truly fucked this country...

i think labour have done that to us over the last 10+ years, language roy lol

So, summarizing Roy/PJD,
Labour have misruled 1997 to present.
Tories misruled 1979 to 1997.

Prior to that were the glorious (Crisis, what crisis?) years of Labour from 1975 following on from three day week Tories from 1970.

Further back, we had Labour from 1964 with devaluation, elected after 13 years of Tory misrule.

as bad as one another what is the answer? not lib dems please do not suggest them. what about co-alition between ukip english democrats,socialist labour,green party, bnp,and the liberal party lol

Perhaps one of the posters who hold strong views should offer themselves as a benevolent dictator. Do as the parties do:
promise anything that sounds good, the closer to meaningless marketing bullshit the better. (e.g. Vote "for change" or "a better tomorrow" or "tax reform" or "a bright future" or "a new Britain")
When you get in, continue to do as the parties do, i.e. do as you please.

What's the worst the electorate could do? Replace you after five years.

Don