Becca Horn: a seasoned Green campaigner
In the third of our series of interviews with the prospective parliamentary candidates (PPCs) of the main political parties ahead of the next general election, PAUL McLAUGHLIN talks to Becca Horn of the Green Party. Julia Hilton If central casting…
Swift Bricks a Green Win for Councillor Tony Collins
TESSA BOASE Robert Booth Hastings Borough Council has voted to incorporate ‘swift bricks’ into every new building to help the critically endangered bird species. The motion was proposed by Green councillor Tony Collins at the full council meeting on 19…
“Crazy” Ticket Office Cut
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) has launched a national campaign to fight plans by the train operating companies and the Government to close ticket offices across the rail network. The union warns that the plans would…
STORM OVER COUNCIL VOTES
Labour “power grab”or “far-right” gift horse? Kevin BoormanNew mayor Margi O’Callaghan and deputy Heather Bishop HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings Borough Council leader Paul Barnett started his regular column in the Hastings Observer last Friday – “I was delighted that at this…
Tory Fear, Labour Cheer
PAUL McLAUGHLIN It may have escaped the attention of some folk in Hastings, but last week voters across England went to the polls in the largest round of local elections since 2019, with more than 8,000 council seats up for…
Council Tax hikes, budgets approved
by PAUL MCLAUGHLIN Hastings Borough Council (HBC) agreed to raise the local council tax by the maximum amount allowed without holding a local referendum at a fiery meeting of the full council at Muriel Matters House last Wednesday (15 February).…
Opt Out and Meet The Neighbours
By Susan McFie Many local residents are furious over the dumping of sewage into our coastal waters. Many more are rightly concerned about the spraying of their streets with a dangerous herbicide. The feeling that we are powerless against the…
Bathers Going Through the Motions
BY PAUL MCLAUGHLIN Hundreds of environmental campaigners recently gathered in St Leonards for the unveiling of a mock Blue Plaque to highlight the continued dumping of raw sewage into the sea by Southern Water, and to protest the government’s lack…
New Cabinet Posts at Hastings Borough Council
Following removal of the two Green party councillors, Julia Hilton and Glenn Haffenden, from his cabinet on apparent orders from the Labour party’s National Executive, Hastings Borough Council leader Paul Barnett has appointed Cllr Ali Roark as the new portfolio…
Council Votes for ’20 is Plenty’
At the most recent full meeting of Hastings Borough Council on 12 October a motion was approved calling for the setting of a maximum 20 mph speed limit in all residential areas of the borough. The promoter of the motion,…