What if all those 6,000+ electors had been registered for the Euro Parliament elections?

And if Mid Devon had done its homework too?

Well, here is what did happen in East Devon:

Click to access eu-elections-lro-declaration.pdf

Here is what happened in Mid Devon:

http://www.middevon.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=23530&p=0

Here is the result for the South West region

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_West_England_(European_Parliament_constituency)

Interesting – another few thousand votes could have tipped balances.

Hugo “makes” a pizza in Ottery Sainsbury’s

on the front page of View from Ottery, Hugo in Ottery Sainsbury’s getting instruction from staff in food hygeine with the headline “More cheese on mine, please, Hugo”.

We say “makes” as the pizzas in the picture appear to be ready-made and pre-packaged:

http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?pbid=ee7f26a7-0428-45aa-bd93-f815f1ec6808

and we can’t reveal whether he was on a zero hours contract or an unpaid intern.

Please let us know if you see Hugo shopping in our local Tesco or Sainsbury’s stores (Waitrose doesn’t count, obviously!).

He also apparently “worked” on the fish counter … no, no, won’t go there.

Pickles says brownfield land should be developed first

Unfortunately, he says “should” (advice which can be ignored) and not “must” (law which must be obeyed). So, no change in East Devon as green fields and Grade 1 and 2 agricultural land is swiftly turned into concrete:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/councils-must-protect-our-precious-green-belt-land

Devon’s rural roads most dangerous in Britain

“Researchers for THINK! found that nearly a third of drivers in the region report having had a crash or near miss on a country road, while 42% have been surprised by an unexpected hazard, such as an animal on the road. Over a third also confess to taking a bend too fast.”

Read more: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Campaign-launched-West-s-rural-roads-revealed/story-23063234-detail/story.html#ixzz3Fe4zeHZU
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Read more at http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Campaign-launched-West-s-rural-roads-revealed/story-23063234-detail/story.html#7ztVpD8XHqYmxGyB.99

And yet EDDC proceeds to allow the building of 300+ houses in Gittisham: where the only route in and out is a very narrow country road with an even narrower point at an overhead main line railway bridge:

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Campaign-launched-West-s-rural-roads-revealed/story-23063234-detail/story.html

New buyers drop for south-west homes

And still we build more and more. If people can’t afford them what happens next? If interest rates go up and put those in homes in negative equity where they can’t afford higher payments – what next?

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Home-demand-slips-consecutive-month-South-West/story-23073934-detail/story.html

New planning rules evict successful businesses from offices turned into homes

http://www.local.gov.uk/web/guest/media-releases/-/journal_content/56/10180/6591087/NEWS