“A Devon MP is yet to make up his mind on whether Britain should leave the European Union – because he is overseas.
Conservative MP Hugo Swire, who represents East Devon, is yet to indicate where he stands on the vote – due to him being away from the UK.
A spokesman for Mr Swire, who is Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said: “Mr Swire is in support of the idea of a referendum. He has been in New Zealand and is now in Canada on ministerial business. So I can’t give a yes or no. Hopefully we will be able to say by the end of this week or early next week. … ”
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Devon-Tory-MP-8216-undecided-8217-EU-vote-8211/story-28784122-detail/story.html
So they don’t have email or phones in New Zealand and Canada then?
Or is he waiting to see which side of the fence others take before choosing whether to sit on it, do as Dave says, or do as his constituency party wishes?
Big dilemma for such a busy, busy traveller.
Neil Parish (Con Tiverton and Honiton) and Ben Bradshaw (Lab Exeter) have both declared themselves for IN.
East Devon Watch 
Hugo is probably worried about how his mates in Burma, China, North Korea etc. will feel about us leaving the EU than how his constituents feel.
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