Ottery St Mary Town Council last evening unanimously agreed to write to Hugo Swire deprecating his description of Ottery people in his blog as a ‘pack’ when protesting at NHS changes that affect the viability of community hospitals.

So, that’s all independents, all Ottregians, all current and former Lib Dems, every candidate who stood as an independent in PCC elections, anyone standing for Parliament who does not belong to a mainstream party, anyone whose manifesto is not Tory – basically anyone who doesn’t view the world as he does comprehensively trashed in one blog post of no less than 2,254 words – around 2,500 more words than he has ever spoken about East Devon in Parliament!

Well done Hugo, keep up the good work … it’s doing independents no end of good!