Dawlish News

THE government is being urged to do more to protect the vulnerable railway line in and out of the westcountry. Among them was the coastal line through Dawlish, which was breached during a severe storm in 2014, leading to an eight-week closure which meant much of Devon and all of Cornwall being cut off from the network.

Read more...https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/mps-demand-action-on-critical-rail-project-804653

This is poor journalism - Our local MP cannot "demand" anything he can only ask. Does the MDA put in these words to make it sound as if our MP is really serious ?  

@1263 The MDA is all about poor journalism. It often portrays Herr Wriggler as someone who 'demands' things. It's part of the persona he tries to cultivate for himself as a tough guy who were are meant to believe does things differently and gets results, aided by the Lib Dem biased MDA. 

It's laughable as Wrigley is a coward, an egotist and an absolute career politician. He is demanding, but only in the sense of a man-child in their mid 60s wanting to get their own way in the Play House of Parliament.