Dawlish News
Tory switches to give party its first seat
A leading Tory has defected to the UK Independence Party, and will become the first councillor in Teignbridge to sit as an official member. A former mayor of Dawlish, Cllr Bill Forrow, 43, shocked fellow Conservatives by switching to UKIP because the Tories are not robust over Europe. Cllr Forrow, who was mayor last year, said: "It was a huge wrench and something I had to wrestle with for some time, because I have always been a true blue. It goes back generations - my great grandfather was a Tory. "But the Conservatives are not doing enough to get us out of Europe. The EU is wrecking this country, and Ukip is the only party prepared to do something about it. I am now convinced the Tories are definitely not going to take Britain out of the EU. Britain is under attack from Europe, and I had to do something.
