Stemming The Anti-European Tide
How will the South East region vote in next week’s European elections? By Emma Harwood After forty years of membership, the UK has taken part in eight European elections without anyone paying much ; This could be because in previous…
Closure In The Community
Another Isabel Blackman Centre Shuts Its Emma Harwood A decision to close the Isabel Blackman Centre in St Leonards, which has provided a range of vital services for many elderly and vulnerable people, has been met with shock and dismay…
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 failed to determine any alternative put to the house by…
Bohemian Rhapsody
Council votes funds for feasibility study The Labour-controlled cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) voted on Monday evening to pursue a feasibility study for the development of a combined sporting and cultural centre in the White Rock area off Bohemia…
“Jew-Baiting” In Hastings Labour Party?
Amber Rudd’s Remarks Draw Prompt Denials In a remarkable press release, issued last Sunday and given extensive exposure by the national newspapers, Amber Rudd, MP for Hastings and Rye as well as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, referred…
The Green Transformation
By Josie Demuth The Labour Party is driving forward a set of environmental policies that link social issues like housing, jobs and transport into a large array of progressive green ; If this sounds a little familiar, that’s because these…
Carbon Neutral By 2030?
Only if the Government allows, say Labour In response to the threat of climate change, Hastings Borough Council passed unanimously a motion brought by leader Peter Chowney last Wednesday that aims to make the town carbon neutral by 2030. The…
Please do Better, Jeremy
Dave Young argues that while the Labour Leader seems to be hanging himself over the anti-Semitism row, someone else is providing the rope I tend to prefer cock-up to conspiracy theories when considering most political events. One advantage of getting…
Fighting Words
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell came to Hastings on 21st July to talk about local issues and how the Labour Party are preparing to address these issues with a local manifesto written from within the community. This was part of a…
Anti-semitism on the Left
On 26th March, 1,500 protestors joined together in Parliament Square in a march called by the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) and the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) in opposition to the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and to anti-semitism…