The Rights That We Secure For Ourselves
By David Francis No. This Supreme Court Judgement does not restore hope. It does not fill me with optimism. I’m not complaining about the spectacle of our Etonian overlords being made to look like fools. But we are skating on…
Mann, Oh Man
David Francis reacts to news that former Labour MP John Mann has resigned from the commons to work as an ‘antisemitism Tsar’ for the government and been made a Lord. In other news, John Mann. Good riddance, obviously, but I…
Fall Out
Amber Rudd’s Departure Leaves Electoral Gap For All Parties The decision of Amber Rudd, former Work and Pensions Secretary, to abandon both her ministerial position and her party allegiance has received full coverage nationally over the past fortnight. We add…
The Great Dictator
On the 28th of August, Boris Johnson announced his intention to prorogue parliament from the 9th September until the 14th October, shortly after parliament was due to resume from summer recess and two weeks before the Brexit ; In a…
Brexit Party To Oppose Amber Rudd In Hastings
Nigel Farage’s Brexit party have appointed a candidate to contest the parliamentary seat of Hastings & Rye at any forthcoming general election. He is Tom Bewick, a former Labour party councillor who served as the chairman of the education committee…
Maya
An interview with Maya Evans, Hastings councillor, peace activist and the Council’s new ‘climate change champion’. What does the role of climate change champion involve? My portfolio title is climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development – it’s a thematic remit…
The Council Has Made A Commitment To Becoming Carbon Neutral By 2030. What next?
By Julia Hinton Back in February – thanks in part to pressure from the Hastings Green Party and our open letter calling on the council to declare a climate emergency – Hastings Council committed to making our town carbon neutral…
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…