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Thursday, September 19, 2024
South East Dorset Green Party has selected candidates for all five Parliamentary constituencies in the area, to fight the next General Election whenever it is called. In Bournemouth East, the Green Party candidate will for a third time be Alasdair Keddie. A Bournemouth University graduate who has lived in the constituency for 26 years,...
On a sunny Saturday morning in The Square and Lower Gardens hundreds of protestors gathered among the trappings of the Air Show to protest about PM Boris Johnson’s undermining of the very parliamentary democracy we were taught the EU had stolen from us and led to believe that Brexit...
Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns, made a trip to Brazil this week as the newly appointed Minister for Trade for discussions on future trade and investment opportunities post-Brexit. Posting on his Twitter, Mr Burns wrote of his meeting with Wilson Witzel, the Governor of Rio stating “This was my first...
Despite a huge surge for the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party the total votes cast still saw pro Brexit parties with a higher vote share. However, the share reflects a huge chasm that will not be mended anytime soon. Dorset appears to be as split as much of...
Unity council the best news for forty years .... yes 100% - we can start to breathe again. Aligning services : "The other thing we have to do is bring the people with us. They have to believe and understand they are involved from top to bottom and we will ensure they are....
Brexit-supporting voters have a clear but crucial choice at this month's European Parliament elections, Conservative MEPs' leader Ashley Fox said today. They can support the Conservatives, who are committed to an orderly Brexit which safeguards jobs, businesses and our security. Or they can select between the Brexit Party, which wants...
Following appalling BBC mis-reporting at a national level, in which a party that lost 82 seats is treated the same as a party that lost 1335 seats, we find the BBC claiming the Conservatives 'won' Dorset Unitary Council. In fact, the Conservatives barely held on in Dorset - losing Poole/Bournemouth/Christchurch to no...
I have been following the online debate about how to maximise the "Remain Vote" in the coming European Elections with increasing dismay. I have decided to simplify the decision for the large numbers of constituents who have pledged their support to me personally by not accepting a place on...
Bournemouth Borough Council spent just £5,718 fighting Corallian’s Colter Prospect oil appraisal well in Poole Bay, but spent over eleven times as much opposing a local wind farm proposal in the same bay – but over twice the distance from the shoreline. The figures were revealed through a Freedom of...
With around 50 local authorities from across the UK declaring a climate emergency, Labour are calling on the new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) council to do the same and match it with policies which reflect the gravity of the situation we face. The call follows the national Labour Party’s...