An interesting piece by Adam Trimingham in today's Argus, discussing the decline of support for all mainstream political parties.
An extract ...
At next year's city elections there are likely to be rich crops of independents. It costs nothing to contest a local election and for the committed...
15 August 2006 -
The Seagulls Party have challenged David Neighbour, Lewes District Council's Lead Councillor for Planning to resign if the costs of his council’s High Court action against the proposed community stadium at Falmer rise above £65,000. Mr Neighbour, who took over the role as lead...
PRESS RELEASE
10 August 2006
SEAGULLS PARTY CANDIDATE WELCOMES GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO SAFER JUNCTION AT GLYNDE
Seagulls Party by-election candidate, Ed Bassford, today welcomed the government's announcement that the A27 Beddingham crossing scheme will include a proposal that he put forward...
The number 28 bus runs from Brighton to Ringmer Village Hall, via Lewes Road.
Suitable buses this evening are the 6.25pm or 7.25pm buses from Churchill Square.
Buses back to Brighton leave Ringmer at 8.48pm, 9.48pm or 10.48pm.
http://www.buses.co.uk/bustimes/tt28.htm
HOW YOU CAN HELP DEFEAT THE LIB DEMS IN LEWES ...
... Get Ed Bassford elected in the by-election in the Ouse Valley and Ringmer ward.
If people want to help the campaign, the most important thing that needs to be done is getting the campaign leaflet through all the front doors in the ward -...
We'd already sent this Press Release to the Independent. Shame they didn't read it.
1 August 2006 -
Baker Scrapes the Barrel
Recent statements by Norman Baker, LibDem MP for Lewes, alluding to corrupt practices in the Falmer Stadium decision making process, demonstrates that the Liberal...
... and a quick tutorial on legal terminology.
Calderbank offer
An offer of settlement made in a prescribed written form and marked 'without prejudice save as to costs'. Failure to accept such an offer at a level which succeeds at a subsequent trial or arbitration will mean that the party...
Seagulls Party Press Release - Lewes Council campaign a needless waste of public mone
4 August 2006 -
Lewes Council campaign a needless waste of public money
Brighton & Hove Albion FC Chief Executive, Martin Perry, has confirmed that Lewes District Council is needlessly risking hundreds of...
The ONLY reason for the delay is Lewes District Council's insistence that the case goes to Court.
This is quite unnecessary and potentially very expensive for the Council.
For information about the by-election campaign in the Ouse Valley and Ringmer ward of Lewes district, go to
http://85.234.132.19/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81556
or to www.seagullsparty.org
The by-election campaign gets going
Ed Bassford's campaign leaflet is now available on The Seagulls Party website:-
HERE
And there are posters as well:-
A4 Size or A3 Size
Polling takes place on Thursday 17 August in the Ouse Valley and Ringmer ward of Lewes district (Ringmer, Glynde...
The Sussex Express story:-
FOUR CANDIDATES FOR BY-ELECTION
THE recently launched Seagulls Party will be contesting the by-election in the Ouse Valley and Ringmer ward of Lewes District Council, made vacant by the death of John Fletcher, who was an Independent.
The by-election takes place on...
From today's Argus:-
Seagulls party set to fight its first election
by Rob Hustwayte
The pro-Falmer stadium Seagulls party is to field its first political candidate in a by-election later this month.
The party was formed in June as a direct challenge to the ruling Liberal Democrat regime at...
Our Candidate:-
Ed Bassford has lived in the ward since 1975 and knows it well. He has been a member of his local parish council for fifteen years and served for two years as its Chairman. His children attended primary school at Firle and Ringmer and then went on to Ringmer Community College...
The Membership Secretary has just returned from holiday. He has hundreds of applications to process.
We hope to start sending out membership cards soon.
And another one.
From the Lewes Conservatives' website:-:-
LOCAL MAN TO STAND FOR RINGMER AND OUSE VALLEY BY-ELECTION
Ringmer resident Paul Gander will be the Conservative Party’s candidate for the Ouse Valley and Ringmer council by-election on 17th August.
Paul was born in Lewes and moved...
Our opponent.
From the Lewes LibDems website:-
Peter Gardiner announced as Lib Dem by-election candidate
Norman is delighted that Peter is standing for the Lib Dems.
Local man Professor Peter Gardiner has been unanimously selected to stand as the Lib Dem candidate in the forthcoming...