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Saturday, February 8, 2025
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Over the last seven days there has been much discussion regarding the accuracy of an Observer article that detailed some of the problems faced by seaside towns and Weymouth in particular. The newspaper’s narrative referring to culture and economics was largely disparaging with terms such as wasteland; isolation; poverty;...
Following a week long poll answered by just under 3000 Dorset Eye readers it appears that any re run of the referendum would lead to a similar result. Although not a national poll it does provide an interesting reflection of local feeling and the fact that the British public is...
Thanks to the actions of local people and media the pressure on an environment enforcement company has forced them to take the actions of their staff seriously. Following numerous complaints at last something is going to be done (or at least we hope it is). Dorset Eye and the...

Council Signage. What the…

Can you read the lettering in red at the bottom of this sign? 'Good Friday'? A transient date that is not exactly inclusive or representative of a multicultural secular state. Given that over half the population now don't affiliate with Christianity it is quite strange that such a day...

Beware the Telephone Scam

I just had one of those very pleasant sounding Indian ladies ring our landline, concerned about my Microsoft computer, so i said to her " I have heard about this scam and I am reporting it to the police", and guess what, she hung up! Don't be taken in by...
This proposed new law would make us strangers in our own nation, by criminalising trespass. Every government of the past 30 years has promised freedom, and every government has taken it away. The general “freedom” they proclaim turns out to mean freedom for billionaires, the City of London, and the...
Surf reef director has disappeared leaving creditors, including Bournemouth Council without hope of obtaining any cash back.  See BCC report  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-22199124,
Media Fund partner, Open Democracy reported last week that The London Evening Standard has struck a £3m deal to provide positive news coverage for 6 major corporations. The corporations include Google and Uber, whose ability to pay for such deals is enhanced by tax dodging and other questionable business practices. The...

The Mind Hackers

Researchers at public universities are developing new ways of shutting down our capacity for independent thought. To what extent do we decide? We tell ourselves we choose our own life course, but is this ever true? If you or I had lived 500 years ago, our worldview, and the decisions...