Tag archives for Jenny Sutton
Braverman No Show
Some 250 people gathered at the Stade on Monday morning (23 March) to protest against a visit by Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary under both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak,…
Hastings takes on the Far Right
JENNY SUTTON, SECRETARY HASTINGS STAND UP TO RACISM Hastings Stand Up to Racism supporters went to London to join the counter-protest to Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ demonstration on Saturday…
Hopes, Dreams, and the Sea
An astonishing collection of poetry and art by Palestinian children is coming to Hastings for a free exhibition, to be launched by famed British poet Alice Oswald. Oh Big Blue…
False Claims Spark Outrage and Fear
PAUL MCLAUGHLIN A number of inflammatory posters appeared last weekend outside 67 Sedlescombe Road South in St Leonards, sparking a wave of controversy on social media. The notices, which included…
New MP Raises UBAT Concerns
PAUL MCLAUGHLIN Helena Dollimore, the newly elected MP for Hastings and Rye, has raised her concerns about the ongoing dispute between local members of the National Education Union (NEU) and…
Striking Teachers Demand Better Funding
MERLIN BETTS Earlier this week, members of the National Education Union (NEU) went on strike at five schools across Sussex, four of them in Hastings. The union’s principal point of…
School Strike Threatened Over ‘Diversion’ of Funding
The University of Brighton Academies Trust (UBAT) has been accused of diverting excessive sums of money from two individual secondary schools which it governs, St Leonards Academy and the Hastings…
Academy Gravy-Train
JENNY SUTTON of the National Education Union says it is unconscionable for Academy Trusts to denude school budgets by creaming off excessive funds for ‘central services’, and that all Academies…
May Day Mayday – Public Services in Crisis
PAUL McLAUGHLIN Jeremy Corbyn, the MP for Islington North, was guest of honour at the annual Hastings May Day Workers’ Day March last Saturday (29 April). Several hundred marchers set…