Councillor Andy Swain - Teign Valley (TDC)

14 Feb 2021

Cllr Andy Swain

Andy Swain
Andy Swain

Ward: Teign Valley

Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham

Contact information

Mobile:  07756 253908

Email:  andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk

Committee appointments

Term of Office

  • 07/05/2019 - 13/05/2023

Andy's News

Two Horse Race

Liberal Democrats in Wiltshire

The Liberal Democrats are the opposition to the Conservatives in Wiltshire. Lib Dems in Wiltshire have contested all six by-elections (the election held when a councillor resigns or dies) since 2017, winning three Two in South West Wiltshire in 2019). It really is a two-horse race here between the LibDems and the Conservatives. We are building our campaigning strength across the county so that we can win many more seats this year.

14 Feb 2021
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Fantasy: In the fairy-tale land of Brexit we're trading with the world

"I'd get used to humiliation if I were a Tory. I grant you that, one day, there will be a trade deal with the US, but only when the Conservatives break their promises to farmers and consumers about never allowing in US chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef. I am not being over-cynical. They are already pushing through a trade bill that will allow them to do just that. The new cold war, Hong Kong and the persecution of Uighurs make a trade deal with China impossible, so that's another Vote Leave promise gone. Instead, the government is, in apparent seriousness, proposing that Britain join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. Alert readers will know that these islands are not Pacific islands. They will understand that, like every country in the world, we trade most with our neighbours and our neighbours are Europeans. We are a part of Europe, "a piece of the continent, a part of the main", as John Donne said. The Conservatives have ripped us from our only possi

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14 Feb 2021
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