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Sunday, June 30, 2024
Seems like a plan. We all put this up and enjoy some policy content in preference to hot air and abuse about others. It is about time they justified themselves and what they intend to do. Douglas James
You may think this is just satire. It is a lot more than that. It is empirically accurate. Here is the evidence of the Conservative and corporate media lies: https://dorseteye.com/the-conservatives-have-been-the-biggest-borrowers-over-the-last-70-years-2/ And locally every Dorset MP is a Tory and yet the county is awash with evidence of suffering and hardship: https://dorseteye.com/bournemouth-child-poverty-figures-reveal-tories-are-failing-most-vulnerable/ It...
 New analysis published today (Wednesday) by the TUC and commissioned from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) shows how the current government’s plans for local government funding will impact the region. The research compares current (2019/20) and future (2024/25) local government funding against a baseline of service provision in 2010, before...
Following Dorset Council’s declaration of a climate emergency, Cllr Ray Bryan has invited political group leaders to appoint representatives to sit on a Policy Development Panel to discuss how the council will set carbon reduction targets. Initially, it is proposed that the panel is comprised of eight council members with...
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...
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...
You should have received your Council Tax bill for the year 2019/20 at the beginning of March. We’ve compiled answers to commonly asked questions that we know you’ve been asking, and hopefully have debunked some myths along the way. What is Council Tax? Council Tax is a type of local taxation...
I have written to the House of Commons Procedure Committee, the speaker’s office and Sir Oliver Letwin as follows: I understand that yesterday’s (Wed 27th March) indicative votes were all yes/no votes though cast on paper rather than through the lobbies. All of them failed to attain a majority. I...