Category: Hastings
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Assembling on the Green
At my gran’s house when I was a kid, getting to know the neighbours was something that mainly happened on the village green. We’d all gather there on Fridays, waiting for the fish-and-chip van, on Morris Dancing days, and for all sorts of other reasons so it’s strange that I’ve lived where I am for…
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Chairs are the best social media
(Thanks to Lynne, Sue and Felix for the photos) How do you carry a big bag of tricks (board markers and suchlike) and two plastic lawn chairs a mile through a crowded High Street to the seafront? Two belts, that’s how. Threaded through the backs of the chairs so you can swing them onto your…
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On being killed by politicians
It’s happening all over the world. There are several countries in Africa where people are currently yelling for attention to mass murders — but we in the bit of the world that calls itself The West are used to hearing about death in Africa. We ignore mass murder in Africa and, until recently, when the…
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Living with privatized ‘services’
The header pic is a screenshot from Southern Water’s latest self-promoting newsletter, passed to me in the week they managed to leave 31,000 households in Hastings with no water coming out of their taps, in some cases for five days straight. Southern’s incident updates made much of the fact that they set up three ‘water…
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Why we all hate Southern Water
Over the last few years, as utility bills have pushed more and more of us onto the breadline, and increasing numbers are falling over the edge into destitution, Hastings has had numerous problems with both electricity and water supplies. Water is the big issue just now. In my part of town, the taps ran dry…
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Hastings for Palestine
We had a fantastic weekend in Hastings. Below is a link to the local PSC’s video of the kids’ banner-making and the Bike-ride-for-Palestine on Saturday… And on Sunday, we had a march along the seafront, led by the young banner-makers, and a rally in the town centre. Thank you, Hastings, to all those who continue…
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Cards on the table time
Now we find ourselves with a Green council leader in Hastings, I wonder if the local party is going to come clean about their part in the isolation and slandering of Ruby Cox, which led to her losing her former council seat. It still matters because sex still matters If you’re very good at reading…
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Are you independent enough to stand up for Hastings?
I was a member of the Green Party once. I was an enthusiastic Labour Party officer for a while. I am out of patience with party politics altogether just now – and you know, my opinions haven’t changed much. What is the point of going on supporting an organization because it once had policies you…
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Yay! Local politics just got really interesting again
Hastings has joined the growing roll of councils where politics is still alive. We’ve just developed a rebel indie group. My former socialist Labour colleagues have all been screaming at our remaining socialist councillors to step up and help the growing support for #Ceasefire in Gaza … well — I don’t know how many took…
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This is not hate, and it is not a sport
I am not taking sides, are you? I hope not. This morning, many of the citizens of my town gathered at the Mosque to join a march for Palestine along the seafront. This evening, a fair few gathered despite the rain for a vigil for those in Gaza being bombarded daily. A few people, clearly…
Kay Green 