Hugo Swire’s web site lists the things he is most proud of having done in East Devon recently but it seems to mirror many of the campaigns that Claire Wright has been involved with in the four years since she has been an East Devon councillor and even before that. The full list is:
– My coffee morning at Kennaway House
(Conservative Party fundraiser)
– The opening of Culver House’s new garden room
(brief appearance and photo opportunity)
– Public meetings on planning
because he finally realised that his constituents are as mad as hell – Claire Wright has been pushing this issue for YEARS and almost certainly knows more about local planning issues than he ever will.
– The opening of the new premises of Sheds Direct Devon
(Swire says he got EDDC to reverse a planning decision (based in part on poor access) about this company in Whimple even though he has not spoken up about any other planning issues since he was elected in 2010 (e.g. massive overdevelopment) – which Claire Wright has done for YEARS and YEARS, even before she became a councillor.
– I call on EDDC to put their plans to relocate on hold
simply a press release – Claire Wright has been campaigning on this for years – in the face of massive EDDC Tory councillor opposition) – Hugo announced his view only AFTER EDDC Tories had taken the decision to relocate.
– I take the campaign to save Ottery Hospital’s beds straight to the Secretary of State for Health
because as a Minister he says he cannot speak about East Devon in Parliament so his meetings, if any, have to take place behind closed doors – Claire Wright has held many, many local (open and poblic) consultations and attended many meetings on this issue for MONTHS since hospital closures were mooted.
– I welcome the news that the beavers will remain on the River Otter
Claire Wright has campaigned tirelessly ever since they were identified and has liaised with DEFRA and Devon Wildlife Trust to ensure that they remain on the river.
– I welcome a cash boost for East Devon’s school buildings
buildings that have been allowed to deteriorate for years and for which Claire Wright continually points out are stretched to capacity because of over-development.
East Devon Watch 
If our Conservative MP Hugo Swire and David Cameron Lose this Election they only have themselves to blame. Mr Swire for what he has not achieved in his own constituency, which has caused the general disheartening felt by the public, and how the succession of changes have impacted on the lives and views of his constituents.
Mr Cameron has been afflicted by his own assumption of how well the country is doing, telling us at every opportunity we have the best record in the whole of Europe for growth, with a record of the creation of thousands of well paid jobs.
Unfortunately he has had an attentive and alert foreign European audience watching how favorable it would be to enhance their lives by coming to live where there are pavements of gold.
They come in thousands with initiative and motivation and who can blame them, but our services are falling apart with all the budget cuts. Our environment and facilities, many are now at a breakdown level.
We can not afford a proper police force, housing for the young is dire, and the old and vulnerable are at risk.
All these facts and more, are the reasons why this Election is so uncertain, but changes will no doubt be made in East Devon.
We have two months of good news spin coming from our Government, along with the truth of the many more cuts to come.
I for one do not want a right or left Government but want a degee of fairness, and i hope Claire Wright will speak for me
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“We have two months of good news spin coming from our Government, along with the truth of the many more cuts to come.”
We also have a budget which is pretty much guaranteed to be a give away (aka ‘bribe’)
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