Swire wrote on Twitter three hours ago:
Just had an excellent briefing from Saudi Foreign Minister HE Adel Al- Jeubir
Prior to that, his previous tweets were about Venezuela, Bristol University’s research into Lyme Disease and a whinge about the Express and Echo wanting to know where he went on holiday (he refused to tell them). Plus tweets on Brazil, Colombia and Florida.
And where does East Devon fit into his political life one wonders? Is he in denial that he is now just an ordinary back bench MP like hundreds of others?
Tonight there is an important meeting of Sidmouth Town Council to discuss the industrial units that Ford’s want to build on land belonging to Sir John Cave (his former landlord when he deigned to live in East Devon many years ago). Will he be there? In your dreams.
Quite a contrast to our other local MP Neil Parish – who spoke against further development in Feniton, attended local meetings and spoke at the planning inspection where it was turned down.
It seems Swire can’t accept his new demotion and still thinks he’s at the Foreign Office – and he might as well be for the good he has done for his constituency since he was fired by Theresa May along with his other Old Etonian mates George and David.
He always took a strong interest in Middle Eastern affairs – perhaps he sees opportunities for some lucrative consultation work which will keep him away from the trials and tribulations of his so-called constituency.
East Devon Watch 
Hugo Swire, is he really our MP?
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Amazingly enough …
Despite not having a home in East Devon, and …
Despite being on record as saying that he views East Devon as somewhere he visits rather than lives or works, …
Despite saying that he (only?) likes visiting East Devon in the spring …
Despite saying and doing little (if anything) to support or address his constituents concerns …
Amazingly, he is indeed the MP for East Devon – or at least he is for the next 3.5 years.
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Here is what Hugo has asked or spoken about since he became a back bencher:
The effect of Brexit on English students studying in Scotland
The effect of Brexit on foreign students studying in England (using Exeter Uni as an example – Ben Bradshaw’s constituency)
Progress of superfast broadband in Devon and Somerset and whether the SoS for CMS met BT to discuss broadband rollout in general
Four questions about the funding of the A30 upgrade east of Honiton and whether it will be dual carriageway (Neil Parish’s constituency)
Empty houses
Of course, the answers are pretty non-committal, so we learn nothing of real interest from these questions. Personally I would have thought that, with his many years experience as a minister successfully wriggling out of providing meaningful answers, he might be somewhat better at asking questions which would be specific enough to generate a useful answer..
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?q=&pid=11265&phrase=&exclude=&from=2016-07-15&to=&person=§ion=&column=#n4
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