The Northcott – In The News Again
Exeter’s Northcott Theatre is in the headlines again. It would seem the Trustees came across some past accounting problem that led them to declare the Northcott...
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Bad Decisions from the Coalition Govt
The Conservative-Liberal Government’s softening up exercise for next week’s budget continues without shame. Although this week’s...
Read this entry »Exeter Unitary Status Approved by Parliament!
Exeter’s 36 year campaign to have its unitary council status restored cleared its final parliamentary hurdles this week. In a hotly contested...
Read this entry »(Elected) House of Commons Supports Exeter Unitary Bid
The House of Commons voted decisively last night to support Exeter’s bid for self rule. A motion tabled by the Conservatives opposing...
Read this entry »Potholes are in Exeter, Cllrs are from Bideford
Potholes and the state of the roads is one of the main complaints I get on the doorstep. Another good reason for Exeter to run its own affairs. It’s...
Read this entry »Unitary bid in the House of Lords
As Exeter’s bid to have its self-rule restored reaches the final lap all eyes are on the House of Lords. A legal attempt by Devon and Norfolk...
Read this entry »Sun on the economic horizon?
The narrowing of the polls, the better economic news and Tory turmoil over Lord Ashcroft and policy have all served to put a spring in people’s...
Read this entry »The Big Decision Nears
It seems just possible that as people take a long hard look at the Conservatives and begin to give the Government some credit for its handling...
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Devon County Council: Wasting Money
Devon County Council’s decision to try to stop Exeter getting control of its own affairs is a staggering waste of local people’s money. After the huge...
Read this entry »That Gordon Brown Interview
Gordon Brown is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. If he doesn’t reveal the genuine warmth and humanity of his personality that those of us...
Read this entry »Tories: Cavalier With The Truth, Again
Conservative claims that 54 percent of girls in poor areas are pregnant before they’re 18 shows once again how cavalier the Tories are with the truth. In...
Read this entry »Devon County Council – Myth Watch!
The David and Goliath struggle between plucky Exeter and over-mighty Devon is entering, we hope, its end game. Since the Government announced this week that it...
Read this entry »Exeter Unitary Success!
The decision to grant Exeter unitary status is wonderful news. It restores the self- rule that our city enjoyed for hundreds of years until 1974. All those in...
Read this entry »Regional Cabinet Is A Big Success!
Cabinet colleagues visiting Exeter and other places in the South West for yesterday’s Cabinet meeting were universally impressed. David Miliband, the Foreign...
Read this entry »Tory Confusion Goes On And On
The more Tory policies are exposed and scrutinised, the quicker they unravel. Their major muddle now over the economy comes after climate change last week and...
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