Over 100 Tory MPs alone were reported to have been planning to vote down Mrs May’s agreement. A catastrophic vote of no confidence in the prime minister and her government in itself, had the final debate gone ahead. But Mrs May has taken a huge risk to delay it too. The fury across the commons, summed up angrily by the speaker,, John Bercow, who labelled the decision “deeply discourteous” and suggested that the government should allow parliament a vote on the decision to delay the vote… but this has since been rejected by the whips. Mrs May’s decision today, apart[...]
I apologised to the town council on Monday evening at its full monthly meeting, following a heated discussion at the November meeting over the future of Ottery St Mary Hospital. I felt that the council were not doing all they could to protect the hospital and I left the meeting, slamming the door and inadvertently fracturing the glass. I paid for the damage, and on Monday evening said I was sorry. Following my Devon County Council report, which related to the work I was doing to help the residents of Victoria Terrace and to represent RIO on impossible rent increases, Cllr Geoff Pratt [...]
Despite the very unusual timing of the meeting, there were 25 members of the public present, many of whom took advantage of the `public speaking` arrangements. At the stroke of 2.30, the Mayor locked the front door, to stop any others entering. When someone (who had spent very many years delivering babies in Ottery) was unable to access the meeting, she went to the back of the building to gain access that way. Councillor Ann Edwards asked “is it safe to let her in?” However she was admitted. In public speaking Angela Glanville expressed concern about a meeting being held at [...]