“Following the disturbances that have been taking place up and down the country, including the protests in Weymouth on Sunday, we deplore the acts of racism and hatred that have unfolded. They are a stark reminder of the work still needed to push bigotry out of our society forever.
"We...
TRIBUTES have been paid to Dorset’s longest-serving councillor - who has been celebrating fifty years of continuous service.
Cllr Stella Jones was elected to West Dorset District Council in 1973 at the age of 27 where she continued to serve until 2019. She subsequently joined Dorset Council in April 2019,...
We were tagged by
@jolly_angelina who listed her fantasy Opposition. We then started to discuss the idea of inviting people to construct their fantasy government front bench and their manifesto for change.
If we could put in place specific people to liberate this country from the establishment chokehold who would...
Apart from North Dorset and Christchurch the Tories have gone from Dorset. Blue has turned to red and orange. Although Simon Hoare and Christopher Chope have retained some blue the following reveals an ambition to rid ourselves of the plague of ineptitude, corruption, lies and greed.
Dorset is now:
Labour...
OVER 25,000 HAVE NOW BACKED THE CHARTIY’S CAMPAIGN ASKING THE NEXT GOVERNMENT TO SIGN THE VETERANS PLEDGE
The veterans’ charity Help for Heroes is concerned that party manifestos do not go far enough in their commitment to support veterans, and in the last seven days before the General Election is...
Dickie Drax is an aristo
Who wears a posh top hat
He’s from a family of slavers
But we shouldn’t talk about that!
He lords it over South Dorset
Because cap tippers voted him in
Yet doesn’t give a shit for his constituents
Unless they’re blue rinsed and...
Edward Morello, Lib Dem PPC for West Dorset, was nice enough to pay me a visit today and to ask for my vote. It may have surprised him, but I said yes right away, so we moved on to other subjects. He told me that the incumbent Tory MP...
With the general election less than a month away, are you ready to cast your vote?
Elections for Members of Parliament for the five UK Parliamentary constituencies covering the Dorset Council area are taking place on Thursday 4 July 2024.
The candidates nominated will be published on our website by 5pm on Friday 7...
Following the recent local elections in Dorset, which resulted in the Liberal Democrats winning control of Dorset Council, some key roles were agreed at the Annual Meeting of Dorset Council on Thursday 16 May.
Councillors were asked to vote on appointments to roles including Leader of the council, Chair and...
This week the Palestine Solidarity Campaign called for protests across the country to mark "Nakba 76" - when Palestinians remember the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" - the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948.
On Saturday 11, protests were held in Dorchester and at the screening of Eurovision at Weymouth Pavillion.
In Dorchester...
