Don’t forget photo ID

Sixteen years in and the Tories still claim that sticking with the same old unimaginative career politicians doing the same things they’ve done for years is the right choice for our communities. SEND and children’s services have been failing year after year for more than a decade; over £200m of highway repair works are outstanding while Conservative leadership has decided to carry on with horrendously inefficient, privatised, cost-plus maintenance contracts – and while they might claim otherwise, they’ve accumulated over £100m of debt since taking office, and spent £200m of the £300m savings that they inherited in 2009.

It’s time for change. Labour and the Green Party can’t win here to deliver it. And for anyone voting Reform: the best way to send the Conservatives a message and demand better for Devon is to vote Lib Dem, kick the Tories out of County Hall, and get a local champion who will listen and act on our communities’ behalf – not just parrot a party line. 

Last July, the country threw out a failing Conservative government that had run out of ideas. Thursday is Devon’s chance to do the same with our County Council.

The full list of candidates in each Division and Owl’s view of who to vote for was posted yesterday.

It’s going to be a tight race so don’t waste your vote.

For those up for a long read “Velociraptor_1906”, who claims to be a Devonian who has lived all across the county so can provide a decent amount of local knowledge, posted this insight on the election nine days ago. 

If the insights for the rest of Devon are as informed and plausible as those for East Devon then this is worth a read.