Join Hastings and Rye Labour Party this coming Saturday 1st October from 12 -3 in central Hastings – Wellington Place – near the paved market area to campaign for a lifelong education service from preschools to adult education. We are opposed to the introduction of secondary modern – type schools and believe in high quality […]
We are pleased that Jeremy Corbyn who Hastings and Rye Labour Party nominated as leader has been re-elected with an increased mandate. In 2015 he received 59.5% of first preference votes: this year 61.8%. Out of 506,438 votes cast, Jeremy Corbyn received 313,209, with Owen Smith taking 193,229. That’s 61.8 per cent of the vote […]
The embargo created by the national Labour Party officers on local parties meeting is now being lifted. Accordingly, the first general committee of the Hastings and Rye LP for some 3 months will take place, as previously advised, on Tuesday 27 September at 7.30 in the Sussex room of the White Rock Theatre, opposite the […]
Following on from the recent fact finding sessions about being a Labour Party candidate for the East Sussex County Council elections branch secretaries have been given details to circulate to all members. You need to return the forms to Jonathan Lee the secretary by noon on Tuesday 27th September.You can nominate yourself. If you have […]
Today’s Guardian reveals aspects of Amber Rudd’s past that the BBC seemed to ignore in its recent piece on her starry rise to the Home Office. The paper describes her financial involvement in two offshore companies in the Bahamas, her role in a company prospecting for diamonds in Siberia and as co-director for Monticello a […]
It’s been a quiet month locally, with not much to report. Tania Charman and I have been walking around the ward, keeping an eye on things and taking pictures. The most obvious problems have been potholes (which Tania takes up with the county council) and litter – especially litter bins along Priory Road and Mount […]
Spectacular September This month, Hastings will host perhaps the busiest, liveliest and most spectacular series of events we’ve ever seen in the borough, as the ROOT 1066 international arts festival to mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings gets properly underway. As well as this, there will be annual events such as the […]
The deadline for voting for the leader of the Labour Party is this coming Wednesday at noon. If you have not received a ballot paper /email notification you can fill in a form for a replacement. You must do this by tomorrow 19 September to be sent a replacement.
Another week, another condescending advert from Sussex Coast College in the local press. This time its slogan ‘Be who you want to be’ was pasted alongside an image of a female air steward or waitress in the sky. Is this really all that young people in Hastings are being offered by the way of aspirations? […]
Hastings & Rye General Committee is holding a special meeting on Tuesday 20th September at 7.30 to discuss the agenda for the forthcoming national LP conference and to mandate our delegates on which way to vote etc. Since we are such a large party we are delighted to have two delegates representing us – Sonia […]
