Teignbridge District Council -
College Ward
An ex-gravedigger, dustman, comedian and (for 15 years) journalist on the Times newspaper, LIAM MULLONE set up the Newton Says No website in 2018 to poke satirical fun at the then-Conservative council. He formed the Newton Says No Group that was elected to council the following year. He says “We expected big improvements in transparency, planning, the environment and in tackling the council’s culture of stamping down on opinions it dislikes. Sadly, all these things became worse under the Lib Dems and the culture at TDC is now poisonous. I want to see an open government that puts our environment first, where all opinions are welcome and where unelected officers don’t run our district like oligarchs.’
