Congratulations to Helena Dollimore!

Congratulations to Helena Dollimore, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye constituency yesterday (BBC).

Independence Day 4th July 2024 - OK, General Election Day!!

You don't need to take your poll card with you to the polling station, but you do need to take photo ID if you want to vote at the general election tomorrow, the 4th of July 2024. If you turn up at the polling booth without photo ID, you won't be allowed to vote. Acceptable photo ID includes an original (not photocopied) Passport, Driving Licence, Older or Disabled Persons' Bus Pass, Freedom Pass, other Concessionary Travel Cards and SmartPasses, PASS Card, and EEA ID cards. For full details of acceptable photo ID go to the Electoral Commission website. This policy was introduced last year to deter some from voting. If you want further details, and of how it went for elections last year and by-elections, go to this Parliamentary Research Briefing. For further details go to the Electoral Commission website. 👍 Don't lose your right to vote and don't forget people lost their lives fighting for your rights! Oh yes, and what a waste of taxpayers' money, the Government should have had the General Election on the same day as the local elections, just one day's costs not 2 in a year, oh well...😒

Perpetrator in Custody & Muriel Matters House Reopens!

As I said in yesterdays blog, someone must have been upset by the Council, and that person is now in custody, I believe. Presumably kicked off the day before, and caught on CCTV, not only silly, but expensive too, for us, and for him/her!

Anyway, the windows are all boarded up now, so artificial light will be the order of the day there until new windows are installed, at our expense! I spoke with one of the lads boarding up, obviously nice emergency payout for them, and looked at the notices later on, which have to be exhibited so that the public is aware of what is going on, plus legally, for notice of the general election on the 4th of July (blog). As you can see below, Muriel Matters House is due to reopen today at 09.00.

Register to Vote: 30 hours left!

A final reminder that you don't need to take your poll card with you to the polling station when you vote on the 4th of July, when you help decide who wins at the General Election. However, you do need to take photo ID . If you turn up at the polling station without photo ID, you will not be allowed to vote, so get it now if you don't already have an acceptable method of ID, and don't want to lose your right to vote.

Register to Vote if not already on Electoral Register!

Another reminder that you don't need to take your poll card with you to the polling station when you vote on the 4th of July 2024, that day being the date of the General Election. However, you now do need to take photo ID . If you turn up at the polling station without photo ID, you will not be allowed to vote, so get it now if you don't already have an acceptable method of ID, and don't want to lose your right to vote.