No Dissent
Labour Council Leader Removes Tories From Cabinet On Monday 8th June Hastings Borough Council leader Kim Forward announced a reshuffle of cabinet portfolio holders. The new list is set out in full here. The most significant change was the removal…
GE2019: Question Time
Many weeks of national as well as local focus on voters in the marginal constituency of Hastings & Rye (Conservative majority 346 in 2017) should come to a head next Thursday 5th December when all four candidates will enter an…
GE2019
As the General Election approaches, the hustings are bustling, sleigh-bells ring in the distance, and spectres of Christmas past, present and future loom long over the upcoming winter - the time has come to place a vote and elect a…
GE2019: Paul Crosland
Targeting 365 Votes Amber Rudd’s majority over Labour candidate Peter Chowney at the 2017 general election was just 346. The three other candidates, Nick Perry of the Liberal Democrats, Michael Sheridan of UKIP and independent Nicholas Wilson all lost their…
Perry Sauce
If you’ve paid close attention to the past elections in Hastings and Rye you may have noticed the recurring appearance of Liberal Democrat candidate Nick Perry. He’s the one that looks a bit like Master Chef judge John Torode. Perry…
Chowney Appears In Perry’s Scope As The First Pre-Election Torpedoes Are Fired
In an article printed in Hastings in Focus, Hastings and Rye Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, Nick Perry, cited indices where areas of Hastings are highlighted as suffering from deprivation. He stated, “The newly-released 2019 Index of Multiple Deprivation shows Hastings…
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…
Ruddiculous
Amber Rudd quit the government late on a Saturday evening, in a dramatic and carefully choreographed move with an exclusive for the Sunday Times. Rudd said, “I no longer believe leaving with a deal is the Government’s main objective. “The…
Green Yellows Or Yellow Greens?
On 1st July Paul Hunt and Nick Perry, of the local Liberal Democrat Party, extended an invitation to the local Green Party offering an electoral pact in next year’s local council elections. The invitation cited the Lib Dems’ willingness to…
Institutional Racism
Former Hastings Liberal Democrat candidate Nick Perry argues Amber Rudd should have departed sooner from a government that is bolstering racism As an opposing candidate to Amber for the last three general elections, I am surprised that this matter of…