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Thursday, November 14, 2024
Councillors of all political affiliation at Weymouth and Portland Borough Council have made some pretty stupid decisions - notably the Weymouth Peninsula fiasco - but others too.  It struck me that there must be some financial jiggery pokery going on that we the public don’t know that would have amounted...
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...
The Britain First candidate for Littlemoor and Preston in Weymouth, Ken Kearsey, is also the British fascist Regional Officer for the South of England. The fact that he is looking for votes in Weymouth and believes he can get them suggests that the horrific attitudes that permeated in the...
A Labour led Dorset Council will boost the local economy and protect the environment by transforming local democracy and bringing public services back under local democratic control, says Dorset Labour in their local government manifesto which was launched today (15 March). The manifesto, released to coincide with the start of...
It was brought to our attention on Saturday, and confirmed from their website, that the hard line fascist group Britain First have chosen Weymouth as one of a very few target seats for the May local elections. Eight or so of their activists were parachuted in on Saturday, some...
Would you be interested in putting something back into the community and making a real difference locally? Now there is an exciting opportunity to do just that! Weymouth will elect its new town council on 2 May this year. It means that residents will get 29 new councillors in 12 wards. You could...
Independents in Dorset are calling on people to seize the moment to improve the system of local government in the county and make it better for every resident. As the county moves from separate district councils to a combined unitary authority, ALL for Dorset is urging prospective candidates to stand...
'I noticed Richard Drax paid a visit to The Dorset Bus Shelter on Friday. I find it hard to believe he genuinely cares about the plight of homeless people in his constituency with the state of his voting record.' (Georgina Smethurst) How Richard Drax voted on Welfare and Benefits He must...
It was a case of standing room only at Dorchester’s Colliton Club as more than 60 people flocked to the launch of the county’s new independent political movement ALL for Dorset. They heard author and pioneering campaigner Peter MacFadyen talk about how independent councillors had taken control of Frome town...
The gap between what Brexit promised and what the Government can deliver is finally obvious to everyone. Westminster is in chaos. Hard line Brexiters have rejected Brexit, they promise to renegotiate without having secured any agreement from Brussels to bring to the table. They don't care, they want a...