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…
Confessions of a rookie Labour Party member
Erica Smith I joined the Labour Party on 6th May 2017 as a result of listening to too much right-wing reportage on Radio 4, plus David Francis pointing out in a Facebook post that we had the unique opportunity of…
Council to Profit from Property, say Labour
But how will that policy impact on community interests? Purchase of commercial properties in Hastings by the Borough Council (HBC) is a key feature of the Labour Party’s manifesto in the upcoming local elections - so says their leader Peter…
Local Momentum: Building for Labour and Debunking Misinformation
by Natasha Scott Local Momentum activists led by Alfred Bouch set up a stall in the town centre of Hastings at Wellington Place on Saturday 7th January. When interviewing Mr Bouch about his reason for doing this at a time…