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Why is minority tail wagging the majority dog?

May 08, 2025

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Express and Echo

I worry about the future of our democracy if we don't improve how our elections work

SO we're “off to sea in a beautiful turquoise boat; they took some honey and plenty of money wrapped up in a £5 note” so says the well known nursery rhyme.

The promise of honey, and, as the highest paid MP, Mr Farage has “plenty of money”.

He's once again in the place he loves most: every screen, all the time.

His buddy Aaron Banks failed in the election for Mayor of the West of England. Had he won, two of the “Bad Boys of Brexit” would have been reunited.

How have we forgotten that “Bad Boys’ label they gave themselves? Should we give the care of our elderly relatives or significant influence over the education of our kids to the newly-elected and vastly inexperienced councillor-followers of the “Bad Boys of Reform”? Some risk.

Former Reform MP Rupert Lowe, a close colleague of “Our Great Leader Nigel” (the title used recently) lasted seven months. He argued and was dismissed. Let's hope that the continuous chaos of colleagues being chucked out of “the turquoise boat” doesn’t become a feature. That's “leadership” Trump-style but not yet adopted here, even though Mr Farage recently repeated that “Trump is inspirational”.

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Express and Echo

Fundraiser reaches £36k for sisters who lost both parents weeks apart

NEARLY £36,000 has been raised for sisters who lost both their parents within weeks of each other.

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1 mins

May 21, 2026

Express and Echo

Fundraiser reaches £36k for sisters who lost both parents weeks apart

NEARLY £36,000 has been raised for sisters who lost both their parents within weeks of each other.

time to read

1 mins

May 21, 2026

Express and Echo

Express and Echo

Petition calls for stray to be allowed to stay at depot

A PETITION has been launched to ‘Save Frank’ - the feral stray cat who has won the hearts of workers at Exeter bus depot.

time to read

2 mins

May 21, 2026

Express and Echo

Express and Echo

Petition calls for stray to be allowed to stay at depot

A PETITION has been launched to ‘Save Frank’ - the feral stray cat who has won the hearts of workers at Exeter bus depot.

time to read

2 mins

May 21, 2026

Express and Echo

Express and Echo

Eden, 10, making a splash for brother she never met

A DETERMINED 10-year-old girl from Exeter is raising money for Children’s Hospice South West in memory of her older brother Liam.

time to read

2 mins

May 21, 2026

Express and Echo

Express and Echo

Eden, 10, making a splash for brother she never met

A DETERMINED 10-year-old girl from Exeter is raising money for Children’s Hospice South West in memory of her older brother Liam.

time to read

2 mins

May 21, 2026

Express and Echo

Museum thief avoids jail after £50k smash-and-grab

A DRUG addict who burgled the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter and stole historical artefacts worth £50,000 has been spared jail.

time to read

2 mins

May 14, 2026

Express and Echo

Express and Echo

Warm welcome for Princess on visit to school and university

HERE were smiles all round when the Princess Royal visited a school for deaf children to celebrate its 200th anniversary.

time to read

3 mins

May 14, 2026

Express and Echo

Outdoor swimming pool to reopen ahead of half term

A SEASIDE pool that survived a council axe will open to swimmers for the summer season later this month.

time to read

1 mins

May 07, 2026

Express and Echo

Express and Echo

Fundraising appeal to help ensure community larder can remain open

A VITAL food bank in an East Devon town is readying a fundraising push to broaden where it gets its income.

time to read

2 mins

May 07, 2026

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