Good report on BBC Spotligh which did not show Hugo Swire in a good light, making much of his well-to-do background. Surprise, surprise, he declined an interview with them!
There then followed an item on local food banks (imagine how many people the money raised by him at his “Benefits Jokes” auction would have fed). Note that Claire Wright frequently comments and feels enraged by the local deprivation that makes them necessary.
Then followed an item about beavers being returned to the River Otter – something that Claire Wright has strongly campaigned for since thet were first discovered there and before others got on the bandwaggon (Hugo simply noted recently that he was pleased to hear they might return).
Shame Spotlight could not have contrasted the two main contenders different aporoaches and styles.
Coincidentally I then turned on to a delayed ITV news to see a clip of David Cameron being severely heckled by pensioners about the health service.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-heckled-pensioners-tries-5392771
Again something on which Claire Wright tirelessly campaigns.
Not a good day for Mr Swire or his party!
East Devon Watch 
Hugo Swire clearly didn’t want to be in the BBC Spotlight tonight
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In Hugo’s Register of Interests, you can see that he, and his wife whom he employs at our expense, has declared benefits in the form of free tickets to several Black and White Balls paid for by IPLG Ltd. (IPLG Ltd is connected to Micahel Spencer. A report dated June 2011,Conservative Party Interests Relating to the Insurance Industry* says this of Mr Swire and other IPLG beneficiaries:
IPGL – IPGL is a private holding company controlled by businessman Michael Spencer and it
appears several times in this report. Among a diverse and changing investment portfolio it
wholly owns the insurance company Insurance Capital Partners and partly owns an insurance
brokerage called Oxygen. Since 2005 IPGL and Micheal Spencer’s donations to the Central
Conservative Party and constituencies have totaled £3,929,892.52. IPGL has also given
hospitality in the form of private helicopter and plane journeys, international visits and tickets
to Conservative Party social functions to several Members of Parliament since 2007. The
following Members of Parliament have received such hospitality:
MP David Cameron MP Mark Francis
MP Andrew Mitchell MP George Osborne
MP Hugo Swire
Mr Spencer’ s other financial interests are reported to have included a spread betting concern. Wonder what odds they are giving Hugo now?
*leftfootforward.org
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