Better news for Hastings
Hastings' new Conservative MP says she is looking forward to focussing on the things that are important to the people in her constituency. Shortly after her victory was declared Sally-Ann Hart said: “I think we’ll get on with delivering Brexit and then we can move on and focus on the other issues that are equally... Continue Reading →
This morning we publish three new audio tracks, conversations we've had over the weekend with the three main-party candidates standing in the General Election. None will stake a claim saying the parliamentary seat is theirs for the taking but listening to them carefully they confirm what national polls have been saying; that people are not... Continue Reading →
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid was in Hastings this morning visiting local businesses as part of the General Election campaign. Speaking while on a tour of one the Focus SB factories and standing alongside Conservative candidate for Hastings and Rye Sally-Ann Hart, Mr Javid said the Conservative message was 'resonating on the doorsteps' of... Continue Reading →
Last night Rother councillor Sally-Ann Hart was chosen by the Hastings and Rye Conservative Association to be its candidate in the General Election. Mrs Hart won the support of a significant number of the members present at the selection meeting and promised to campaign hard and "campaign to win". She said the campaign would be... Continue Reading →
Today marks the official launch of the 2019 General Election campaign and in the coming weeks we hope to bring you a genuinely balanced overview of what all the main parties are saying and what each of the candidates fighting to become OUR next Member of Parliament think they can do for OUR town. What... Continue Reading →
Rugby League is a tough sport and from the pugnacious approach he is taking to his campaigning it's easy to understand how Liberal Democrat Nick Perry found himself playing the sport to a very high level. The man who is making his fourth attempt to become Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye won a... Continue Reading →
This morning on Radio Sussex Rob Lee, the leader of the Conservative group on Hastings Borough Council (HBC), confirmed that he has thrown his hat in the ring to become the Conservative candidate for Hastings and Rye. Members of the local Labour and Liberal Democratic parties appear to expect either Mr Lee or Rother councillor... Continue Reading →
As has been his style all year Liberal Democrat Nick Perry is taking the election battle to his opponents. With the news that it's now almost certain that we will go to the polls on December 12th in the third General Election in just over four years Mr Perry is already on the attack: "Where Jo... Continue Reading →
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) met Amber Rudd MP last week and presented her with a birdbox to encourage conservation in her constituency. It's that latest in a series of cross-party political meetings by the BASC. The organisation's Political Affairs Manager Jak Abrahams discussed a range of ongoing conservation projects, including an... Continue Reading →
