The following is a typical cowardly right-wing response to racism and bigotry. Ignore it or defend it. GB Spews are notorious for self-promotion but are being abandoned or ignored by sponsors and the public at large. They offer nothing but ill-informed bigotry from ill-informed bigots. Thankfully, the majority despises...
Louie O'Leary, a Conservative councillor on Dorset council, has savaged the Tory government on Channel 4 News. He told Cathy Newman that the council never wanted the barge and that the refugees should be housed on other people's doorsteps, for example, in Fareham, the constituency of Suella Braverman, the...
Rishi Sunak has declined to comment on whether he received personal warnings regarding potential health hazards for asylum seekers aboard the Bibby Stockholm, following the discovery of bacteria on the barge.
All 39 asylum seekers were evacuated from the vessel, currently stationed in Portland, Dorset, on Friday after the presence...
Calls for resignations are being directed at Conservative ministers following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply of the Bibby Stockholm vessel.
https://dorseteye.com/update-on-legionella-found-on-bibby-stockholm/
The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, is under particular scrutiny after 39 migrants were evacuated from the vessel due to safety concerns. A senior figure from...
Portland resident Carralyn Parkes has today launched a legal challenge against the Home Office for the placement of the Bibby Stockholm at Portland Port. She is seeking a judicial review on the grounds that planning permission was neither sought nor granted.
Carralyn is the Mayor of Portland, but is doing...
Around 100 people took to the streets outside Portland Port this weekend to voice support for adequate provision for refugees while opposing the immigrant barge being foisted upon the communities of Weymouth and Portland. This was at the same time as a hate march that showed the grizzly underside...
This Wednesday will be my last day as Deputy Mayor of Weymouth.
At Full Council we will elect a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor. I do not intend to be Mayor.
In my view the Mayoral role is about connecting people, giving people hope, leading the way and giving a good...
Local candidates blamed their colleagues in central government as the Tories lost 18 seats and relinquished control of BCP council. From economic mismanagement to an obsession with culture wars the explanations are raining down. Instead of doing what they said they would do the government has been blamed for...
Five Conservative councillors standing for the party in this week’s local elections in England, have been suspended for alleged racism and Islamophobia in recent years – including one who suggested banning mosques and another who accused Muslims of being on a “quest to turn the world Muslim”.
The dossier by Hope Not...
We get a one off shot at electing ward councillors every four years. 75 councillors for thirty three BCP wards.
As matters stand now in Spring 2023 I think many would agree we have not known our country in a worse state going back many decades.
Medical staff in our National...
