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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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
God Save The Queen
I don’t know about you but the other week I had a Sex Pistols earworm for several days; “God save the queen, The fascist regime…” which was, of course due…