Tag archives for Boris Johnson
Hart explains absence from parliamentary vote
When Parliament voted on 19 June to support its Privileges Committee in censuring Boris Johnson over his lies concerning Downing Street parties held during Covid lockdowns, 118 Conservatives joined opposition…
Party Politics Get Personal Internal turmoil for both Labour and Tories
Following on from our lead report in HIP 204 that Cllr Maya Evans has been excluded from a “long list” of prospective Labour party candidates for the next parliamentary election…
Hallelujah! Or hold fire?
By Emma Harwood A cry of ‘Hallelujah!’ could be heard from the benches when Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that pubs could reopen for business from this ; But the…
Climate Emergency: Ambitious Target, ‘Paused’ Programme
The last cabinet meeting of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) took place just a few hours before PM Boris Johnson pronounced the full lockdown on 23rd March. No precise explanation of…
GE2019: Under Starter’s Orders
Tory Candidate Named As Campaign Rother councillor Sally-Ann Hart has been selected by the Hastings & Rye Conservative Association to represent them in the general election scheduled for 12th December.…
Historic High Streets: Another Regeneration Fund For Hastings Town Centre
With considerable media fanfare the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced last Saturday that a £95m regeneration fund is being released to “revitalise” historic high streets in…
Dealing With No Deal
On 15th November last year the Audit Committee of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) received and approved a report from Simon Hubbard, Director of Operational Services, entitled “Risk Assessment of the No-Deal…
Ruddiculous
Amber Rudd quit the government late on a Saturday evening, in a dramatic and carefully choreographed move with an exclusive for the Sunday Times. Rudd said, “I no longer believe…
The Great Dictator
On the 28th of August, Boris Johnson announced his intention to prorogue parliament from the 9th September until the 14th October, shortly after parliament was due to resume from summer…
Amber’s October Summit
On 8th July Amber Rudd MP headlined her Hastings & Rye constituency website with news that she had met with then Roads Minister, Michael Ellis, and “secured” a commitment from…
Axe the PM?
Kent Barker wonders if Boris Johnson shouldn’t turn the pages of his history book back to the 17th century if he wants to keep a head. Pity poor John Ashburnham…
Brexit Party To Oppose Amber Rudd In Hastings
Nigel Farage’s Brexit party have appointed a candidate to contest the parliamentary seat of Hastings & Rye at any forthcoming general election. He is Tom Bewick, a former Labour party…
Cliff Notes for Fascism
By Gregory Chatfield To provide an early warning system for fascism, we follow the antics of world leaders seemingly immune to truth and pressing the same emotive buttons as 20th…
Cliff Notes for Fascism
To provide an early warning system for fascism Gregory Chatfield follows the antics of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump, both leaders seemingly immune to truth and pressing the same emotive…
Indicative?
Perhaps ‘indicative’ was too strong a word to describe a series of votes taken by MPs to find an alternative Brexit strategy. After twice rejecting the government’s plan, MPs have…
Brexit Boris: From Mayor to Nightmare
By Heathcote Williams - (Public Reading Rooms £) Review by Colin Gibson In a post-truth world where idle conjecture has replaced fact and where public opinion is shaped by the keyboard…