Right. Had a good talking to myself, have picked myself up, had a few drinks with lovely friends, and realised that I can still do an awful lot of good for the environment from the outside... and in some ways more. I will have more time 'passion projects'…
Thank you to everybody who voted for me - unfortunately though, not enough did and I did not win on this occasion. I need a few days to pick myself up. The last four years have been a lot of work but enjoyable in many ways. I felt…
I've been looking into what I can do about lies in political leaflets and there doesn't seem to be much, so no wonder the local tories are just printing whatever they like. I hope some people are asking them to back up what they are saying. It would…
So nice to meet so many local residents (and tourists) this morning in the town. I teamed up with old iEDA friends John Loudoun and Marianne Rixson to have a very pleasant and productive time chatting to people over such subjects among others as central government funding for…
I knew it. I mentioned on a previous post (There are lies, damn lies, and tory election leaflets) that it didn't feel right that the Conservatives are asking for postal votes to be sent to them, and they promised to send them on. Why would this be necessary?…
I won't insult anyone's intelligence by suggesting that you believe our MP's claim that he is responsible for holding South West Water to account. Surfers Against Sewage are doing brilliant work (checkout the stats for SWW here https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/south-west-water/ ) and please sign their petition. Our wonderful Sid Valley…
I'm taking a risk. Everybody I know disagrees with me but I feel really strongly that I don't want to waste paper sending leaflets around to everybody that get looked at for a minute then thrown away. I hate junk mail and whilst I know how important it…
They must think we are all so stupid. The latest East Devon Conservative leaflets are doing the rounds and the amount of misinformation is shocking. I don't really understand all this - I don't get why it is legal to print whatever you want with no thought about…
Despite having decided that I couldn't face standing again, due to personal reasons, here I am. I'm stepping down at Sidmouth Town Council, purely because something had to give, and I don't quite have the time to give as much as I would like to two different councils.…