The emergence of this new  non-party-political pressure group is a sign of the unrest throughout the District.

Thanks go to Mike Temple and Kelvin Dent of the Knowle Residents’ Association, for their independent initiative in convening the meeting which resulted in the formation of the East Devon Alliance. 

Many sympathetic Save Our Sidmouth supporters participated in this meeting, held in Sidmouth on 16th February, although the majority of those present had travelled from other towns and villages in the area.  SOS Chair, Richard Thurlow, emphasises that the EDA is not an offshoot of Save our Sidmouth, but  ” an organisation which brings all concerned residents of East Devon  together, to fight for the common good”.