Claire Wright, EDDC Independent Councillor, has long been campaigning to keep the River Otter beavers. Hugo has just jumped on her bandwaggon rather late in the day.
Claire Wright started campaigning to save local community hospitals as soon as news got out that they were threatened and immediately organised a public meeting about her local hospital, attended by more than 200 people. Hugo was initially pro “efficiency changes” saying ” now is not the time to “whip up excitement”
However, he did bring up smelly drains in Sidmouth and Ottery, having been pictured with his nose down one such drain, promising to get it fixed when it was clear from marks on the pavement in the accompanying picture that remedial work had already been scheduled – as it is in all the towns and villages of East Devon.
He also stole a march on pizza-making in Sainsbury’s in Ottery.
So, if you want to save hospitals and beavers, perhaps Claire Wright is your best bet. But if you want an acute nose for nasty smells and you need to have a pizza made in Sainsbury’s Hugo is your man.
And it’s still more than six months to the general election!
East Devon Watch 