Tories tell different things to different people on bypass plans

Oh dear, the Conservatives in the South West seem to be in a bit of a mess. Not only do they have one Parliamentary candidate campaigning for a bypass that another of their Parliamentary candidates is opposing, but they are also telling different stories about what David Cameron’s position is.

The bypass in question is the proposed Kingskerswell bypass for the A380.

In the Torbay corner, Marcus Wood, who says on his blog:

The Bypass is an absolute essential plank in South Devons economic plans and simply has to be built.

and he says on his site that David Cameron is fully behind the bypass:

CAMERON: WE’LL BUILD THE BYPASS

Over now to Anne-Marie Morris in the Newton Abbott* corner, who says on her blog:

This bypass is not the answer.

And when pressed by the local paper about this difference of view, this is what happened:

Mrs Morris maintained Mr Cameron’s comments had been misinterpreted. [This Is South Devon]

All rather unseemly, don’t you think?

* Newton Abbott is effectively the successor to Liberal Democrat MP Richard Younger-Ross’s Teignbridge constituency under the new Parliamentary boundaries coming into force at the next general election.