Trust The People
There was a noticeable silence at the anti-Brexit march in Brighton over the Labour Party’s conference weekend. All the commotion was at the front headed by prominent Remain supporting MPs, Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry, as the rest of the…
The Space Between Us
By Patsy Solankski Regarding Leave versus Remain, I don’t think that insulting someone’s IQ or calling them stupid helps one iota. A very clever, emotive and devious propaganda machine was used to separate this country, and it’s been extremely effective.…
The Rights That We Secure For Ourselves
By David Francis No. This Supreme Court Judgement does not restore hope. It does not fill me with optimism. I’m not complaining about the spectacle of our Etonian overlords being made to look like fools. But we are skating on…
November 2018: Brexit Risk Assessment
In his assessment of Brexit risks Simon Hubbard identified the following features of the economy of Hastings which render it particularly vulnerable to consequences of departure from the EU. Most of them follow from the assumption of a worsened economic…
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 Brexit” - click here. The contingency may have seemed relatively…
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 recess and two weeks before the Brexit ; In a…
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 and Nicholas ; Elected as MPs for Hastings in 1628…
COMMENT: A Woman For All Seasons?
One wonders if, after politics, Amber Rudd might consider joining the Church and seeking a living in the parish of Bray? She’d be ideally suited to follow in the footsteps of her illustrious predecessor who contrived to bend his principles…
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 century fascists: • Boris Johnson became Prime Minister along with…
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 buttons as 20th century ; Johnson wrote an article describing…