They say good as well as bad news comes in threes, so after two little victories in Parliament this week I'm wondering what the third will be.
On Tuesday I raised the contentious issue of data sharing with the Justice Minister. The proposed Coroners and Justice Bill contained a clause that would allow for information to be shared beyond public bodies and could be given to private companies in any country.
There is a good case for some sharing of data to catch criminals and prevent terrorism, but this Bill contains few restrictions or safeguards on data at a time when most people have little confidence in their details remaining secure.
Given the number of lost databases and personal details going astray the public have good reason to be concerned about how information is kept and the circumstances under which it can be shared between Government departments and agencies.
Having been contacted by constituents worried about their details being shared without their permission I raised the matter in questions on Tuesday.
In answer the Justice Minister Michael Wills MP told me: "I hope it will give your constituents some reassurance that we have now withdrawn the clause that they are worried about."
At Prime Minister's Question Time I asked if the PM would look at the funding blockages that are delaying South Devon College's expansion plans.
With a monthly increase of 800 people on the dole in South Devon the college's role in training and helping people into work is critical.
I was very pleased to receive a helpful answer from the Prime Minister who said he would look at the specific case.
If only it was always this easy to get positive replies from Government!
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There was a study undertaken a year ago that showed that on average members and supporters of the Greens and the Liberal Democrats had the highest IQs and educational qualifications while those of the British National Party had the lowest.
Of course there were plenty of exceptions to suggest the opposite and it was only a bit of fun, but almost as if to confirm it BNP bosses have just been caught out using a Polish Spitfire to front a campaign calling for Eastern European immigrants to be banned from Britain!
The fascist party's 2009 European Elections poster shows a nostalgic picture of a Second World War fighter plane under the slogan 'Battle for Britain'. RAF experts have identified the iconic plane as belonging not to Britons but to a group of Polish pilots instead.
It was actually flown by the RAF's 303 Squadron - made up of Polish airmen rescued from France shortly before Nazi occupation.
It seems that the BNP have got a bit confused because they haven't done their research. This is just another example of them getting it wrong.
I've had my say on Eastern European immigration in the past where I observed that the majority of jobs being created locally were not meeting the needs of people who live here whom we have spent a great deal of money educating and training.
I still say our local jobs strategy is falling and we shouldn't be an employment agency for Eastern European migrants. We should create the right employment opportunities that local people are looking for and that anyone can apply for irrespective of where they come from.
As you might expect the British National Party has a different view. A spokesman has been quoted as saying that the Polish piloted plane was a symbol of the Battle of Britain and represented the economic struggle the country is facing at the moment.
"It's not like the BNP are against Polish people as a nation. We are against Polish people coming over here and undercutting British workers," he said in the Telegraph newspaper.
He clearly didn't realise that No 303 Polish Fighter Squadron claimed the highest number of enemy kills during the Battle of Britain of all fighter squadrons then in operation through September to October 1940!
I think the real problem facing the BNP's intelligentsia is that if there were no immigrants at all in the UK, they still wouldn't get a job.
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I received some very interesting feedback from my questioning whether The Who actually played Torquay town hall that confirmed Keith Moon, Roger Daltry, Pete Townsend and John Entwhistle had indeed graced the stage in the Assembly Rooms.
A reader emailed me to say there were two concerts in the mid sixties while another sent me a photo of a poster advertising a Who gig at Torquay Town Hall on Saturday 17th July. Unfortunately the poster didn't give the year.
A third thought the band had played Torquay around Easter 1966. If that's the date then I would have been 6 going on 7 at the time, which is probably why it passed me by.
I wonder if any of the lucky readers who got to see the late Keith Moon on the drums can recall whether the band stayed locally and if so, did 'Moon the Loon' as he was known behave himself?
On the rock music theme it was a great pleasure to do the honours and cut the ribbon at the opening of Abel Music in Winner Street, Paignton last weekend. With one shop closing every week in Torbay it was great to support a new family owned local business opening in the bay.
Having cut the ribbon local band Vivid Sky, minus their vocalist, struck up a cover version of one my favourite rock bands instrumentals and while the horses took flight a small corner of Winner Street rocked.
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