A BBC reporter visited the richest, poorest, oldest and youngest constituencies in England to find out what people thought of the General election and voting. Results were fairly predictable – confusion about who to vote for in Eastbourne (oldest), a predisposition for Labour in Nottingham (poorest), staunchly Conservative (richest), apathy and confusion in Blackburn (youngest) but he ended his piece by saying:
“Apart from a Conservative billboard, as we pulled out of Eastbourne, I didn’t see a single election poster on the entire 634-mile trip. No boards in gardens, no party stickers in windows. For large parts of the country it barely feels like there is an election happening at all.”
It just shows how different East Devon is from the rest of the country! But we knew that anyway! And we know why: people such as Claire Wright and the East Devon Alliance are aware that there is a need for REAL change in the district and are prepared to do something about it.
East Devon Watch 