Want a quick fix of political goings on? We’ve pulled together five top politics stories from Devon
1. Devon MP says she was offered government job ‘to silence me’ (thisisplymouth)
Totnes MP Sarah Wollaston speaks out on the roll of the Government in quietening those who scrutinise its policies. She was asked to “turn up on time, say nothing and vote with the Government”
2. MP Ben Bradshaw criticises burka protest a “scandalous waste” of resources (thisisexeter)
When the “obnoxious and racist” EDF popped into Exeter, Ben Bradshaw said it was “a scandalous waste of police time and resources at a time of swingeing Government cuts. We don’t need or want these obnoxious, racist views being expressed on the streets of Exeter. The turnout indicates that most Exonians abhor the views of this fringe neo-fascist group.”
3. Nick Bye hints he will step down as mayor after his term in office finishes (thisissouthdevon)
All is not well with the Tory political machinations in Torbay, and with the strongest hint that he won’t be standing again to be Torbay Mayor, Nick Bye said: “”I do not want people to feel sorry for me or think I am feeling sorry for myself.”
4. Labour candidate pledges to stop centre’s council subsidy (thisissouthdevon)
Labour’s perennial candidate Patrick Canavan – the party’s prospective candidate for Torbay mayor – has said Torbay Council subsidies to Torquay’s Riviera International Conferrence Centre would stop by 2015 unless sold off, if a Labour mayor was elected
5. Council given ‘bill of shame’ over £250,000 empty building (thisissouthdevon)
Dawlish Town Council has been paying for an empty building, which it acquired as part of an aborted to plan to sell off its Manor House property
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