WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter
Voiceless over Gaza
Dear HIP
Guy Harris wrote in HIP 240 wondering whether he is “the only constituent currently wondering where Cllr. Dollimore stands on the very pressing issue of a ceasefire in Gaza”. I have now sent two emails to Helena Dollimore asking her what her position is concerning the massacre in Gaza and I have not yet received a reply.
I can only assume, since she has not spoken out against the murder of several thousand Palestinians, so very many of whom are children, and the despicable inhumane way in which the population is being forced to exist, that she condones it.
On 16 December at the Palestine Solidarity rally in Hastings town centre three ex-Labour councillors were able to join us as they have resigned and are therefore no longer gagged by the Labour Party.
It seems the Labour Party will go to any lengths to try to win an election but, in the process, it is losing the support of all who have the moral courage to speak out against wrong.
Jane Carey
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Tory Language
Cllr Barnett’s language in ‘Budget for Hope’ in HIP 241 – “We need to transform the council from a large organisation that tries to do everything into a smaller enabling council that has partnerships as a priority” – is the same as was typically used by Conservative councils for many years. It’s disarming to hear it from a Labour-controlled authority (though, since the resignations, I’m not sure who is now in charge). The end result is inevitably a tiny so-called enabling authority which becomes virtually irrelevant to most people as it does so little.
We’re practically there now, of course. The council has let standards drop for many years, and parts of the Borough look so down at heel. It’s not all about money. Often it’s simply about making sure something is done well. Too often the council can’t even manage that.
And, all the while, the council has unwisely committed public funds to building a Premier Inn. Bankruptcy can’t be far away. If we want our town to thrive, then the community will have to do more for itself. Generally we’re pretty good at that.
Steve Rodrick
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Writing of “the moral courage to speak out against wrong”, Jane Carey superbly illustrates the barefaced arrogance of the massively irrelevant Hamas-supporting lobby in Hastings. While the PSC are free to exploit the protection afforded by our free market democracy and continue to spew their hate on our streets and online, there is an urgent need to remind people that they stand for rape, murder, terror, and enduring support for the most authoritarian, misogynistic and anti-democratic ideology of the present day. It is a great pleasure to hear news that a vote for Labour no longer means a vote for a vile Jew-hating cult.