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Election Preparations Gather Pace
Of the eight Hastings Independents councillors on the borough council who defected en masse from the Labour party last December, six were elected in 2022 and are thus not up…
Motion for Gaza Ceasefire
Under the existing constitution of Hastings Borough Council (HBC), motions brought for debate “must be about matters for which the Council has statutory powers, duties or functions, or address the…
DISSENT, DISORDER, DIVISION
Uproar As Mayor Terminates Council Meeting PAUL McLAUGHLIN AND HUGH SULLIVAN The last full meeting of Hastings Borough Council before May’s local elections was suspended and then abandoned last Wednesday…
Independents Review Electoral Prospects
The newly formed Hastings Independents party – no connection with this newspaper, see below – held its first public meeting last Saturday at His Place in Robertson ; PAUL MCLAUGHLINCllr…
BARNETT’S BLUE MONDAY TURNS GREEN
HUGH SULLIVAN and PAUL McLAUGHLIN The third Monday of January has come to be coined as Blue Monday – the most depressing day of the year in the UK measured…