Some coverage (albeit with limited local knowledge) is better than none which is essentially what we have there at the moment.

Remember CMs will have very little local knowledge either - the extent of mine being a visited for a week in the summer.

I'd rather have a non-local AM who showed the gumption to come onto the forum and have a knowledge of the editor and UK guidelines than a local AM who just made a mess any day!

Well I must say its nice to have someone that wants to tidy an area up bit like myself really with the north devon side of things

There is only one other active AM near Plymouth at the moment.