Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
What is it about Bristol? When it was a Lib Dem city in the run-up to the tobacco advertising and marketing ban in the UK, it led the grassroots campaign against cigarette ads and local doctors turning out in February 2003 to help council staff tear them down.
Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Health and Social Care Munira Wilson MP is calling for a real-terms pay rise for NHS workers after going above and beyond in a national crisis:
In a new video published this week, Liberal Democrat candidate for Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Jas Parmar has encouraged anyone who is concerned about voting in person or who would prefer to vote by post in the forthcoming Police and Crime Commissioner election on May 6th to apply for a postal vote.
It my not be the topic that people wish to hear about but if the realities of Brexit weren't apparent to the Brexiteers before embarking upon their project to downsize the UK economy, they must be thanking the pandemic for hiding the economic impact and what it means to business of becoming a 'third country'.
When I moved to Guildford in July 1988 I promised myself that I would give my daughter a safe and comfortable home. This was after several years of frequent moves, and the prospect of concentrating on making a Victorian house into a home was a great distraction. The cellar was still full of coal, there were gas mantles around the house, a copper in the kitchen for hot water and a gas geezer in the 'modern' bathroom that shook and gurgled as if it was about to explode, delivering a mere dribble of hot water. As the work progressed we began to build our life here, neighbours became good friends and I realised what a lovely community I had stumbled upon. My daughter grew up and realised the value of living in the town centre and we became a regular stopover after Friday and Saturday nights out and everyone enjoyed the transformation of the house into a home. I became more involved in the local community, setting up a residents association that morphed into a Facebook group in 2010, getting involved in local issu