A very busy week! Monday and Wednesday were spent in Bishopsteignton and Kingsteignton, Tuesday and Thursday in Dawlish and Newton Abbot. Some of this time was spent canvassing and delivering leaflets and some of it progressing our constituency plans and preparing for David Cameron's visit. Friday morning was spent walking around Daccombe, Haccombe and Combeinteignhead finishing off leaflet deliveries.
On Friday afternoon Mel Stride (PPC Central Devon), Stuart Barker (Group District Council Leader for Teignbridge) and I met David Cameron and his team in Queen Street by the old market gates. The public response was wonderful and David received a very warm welcome as he talked to our youngsters, our pensioners and local businesses. David was very concerned to hear about the financial crisis many pensioners are facing but delighted to see so much local enterprise - a fine display of local meat at Bakers the Butchers. David met David Austin and was most impressed by his family's long standing independent department store. David met all the Conservative candidates standing for District and Town Council seats locally and wished them well.
On Friday evening David Cameron addressed over 250 well wishers at a drinks reception in Exeter at the rugby stadium ground, Sandys Park. It was a good evening and David did not shrink from even the toughest question. Concerns ranged from devolution, affordable housing, council tax, pensions, the armed forces to top up fees for students at university.
Saturday morning I spent with prospective district council candidates in Teignmouth meeting and talking to shoppers in the Triangle, local businessmen very concerned at the level of their rates, and the local fishermen concerned at the way EU regulation was affecting their livelihood. That afternoon I was back in Kingsteignton canvassing followed by a very humorous and relaxing dinner with the South Devon Hunt at the Rising Sun.
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