Corbyn Conquers Hastings
By Kent Barker, Political Editor of those lined up outside St Mary in The Castle waiting for Jeremy Corbyn were wondering why he was in Hastings and not Downing Street. Not as Prime Minister, yet, but having taken up Mrs…
COMMENTARY Smuggling Boatloads
Some 250 years ago former Hastings Mayor John Collier wrote to HM Customs warning:“The smugglers are got to an amazing height on the Kentish and Sussex coasts that it has for some time become a very serious thing … in…
Paying NOT to vote
Paul Hunt reports from Australia where electors face a stiff fine if they fail to turn out. HIP readers of a certain age may remember the character nicknamed Toadie in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. His home town was Colac…
Boxing Day humbug
HIP Correspondent ‘Granma’ rather doubts if Hastings’ High Streets are likely to benefit from a new Government Fund Over Christmas the big news item after Brexit was sales, or rather the lack of them. Shops have been slashing prices up…
School Funding and Assets
By Graham Street In her excellent article on the Ark takeover of William Parker and its proposed amalgamation with Helenswood School, Maria Cooke asked where the £6 million that they would spend on the merged schools was coming from. The…
A Fairer Asylum Policy
Hastings Community of Sanctuary goes to Parliament. By Felicity Laurence, Chair, Hastings Community of Sanctuary In November the annual event “Sanctuary in Parliament” was hosted by the national City of Sanctuary movement, of which Hastings Community of Sanctuary is now…
What’s Red, Green and Hairy?
Peter Chowney Climate Change is the most serious issue facing humankind. This was endorsed in a recent report by the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change which said that we have 12 years to stop climate change. But it’s…
OPINION: Stop It, You’re Killing Us!
Amber Rudd starts her new job this month. Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions. An easy job really, in many ways she was born to do it. Mostly she just has to look the other way…
Stifling Community Action?
In the last issue HIP reported that Hastings Borough Council had rejected a proposal to designate The Observer Building as a Community Asset. Here, council leader PETER CHOWNEY, argues that David Cameron’s legislation was introduced to give the appearance of…
His ’n‘ Hers
Some might say that International Men’s Day is every day. However, when it officially occurs on 19th November, it’s a useful reminder that feminist thought can help to challenge gender stereotypes which men as well as women continue to face…