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April 10, 2026

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Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read. Donna and I also want to thank all those residents who have greeted us warmly this week as we continued campaigning for the Selsey Division of West Sussex County Council on Thursday May 7th, 2026. To vote for Donna, you must be registered by 20th April 2026. If you have not seen any of us out and about, you should this week because our number will double, including Ali in the vicinity of East Street  and Ian who will be further north. A big thank you to a few residents who are helping deliver, it's never expected, but appreciated more than we can say. If you have been taking an interest in the local elections you may have noticed literature starting to go through doors. You may even have been ‘knocked-up' which in an electoral context means cold-called. As Independents, we have no big party machine to call upon, so we produce all our digital and paper campaign materials and deliver to residents. This is Donna...
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April 3, 2026

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  Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read. Donna and I also want to thank all those residents who have greeted us warmly this week as we began campaigning for her for the Selsey Division of West Sussex County Council on Thursday May 7th, 2026 in earnest. To vote for Donna, you must be registered by 20th April 2026. During the campaign Purdah kicks and there are fewer meetings. Donna and I had a Chichester District Council briefing on Wednesday about where things are now with preparations for Local Government Reorganisation following last week’s government announcement. I had not realised the scale of how much Officers have to do including syncing the data of all the different councils involved securely,  but without causing any disruption to residents.  The Government will run a further (technical) consultation on unitary proposals for Sussex after the local elections. It will consider moving our District into a unitary with Crawley Borough Cou...
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March 27, 2026

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  Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read.  Easter is a week away. Not long after, the campaign for the West Sussex County Council elections on Thursday May 7th, 2026 starts. To vote for Donna, our democratically chosen candidate who is standing for us in the Selsey division, you must be registered by 20th April 2026. The one thing Donna likes about campaigns is seeing other peoples’ gardens because gardening is a passion of hers. A public garden we and our grandsons are particularly fond of has been judged the third best in the UK: - https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/this-west-sussex-public-garden-is-third-best-in-uk-according-to-research-by-outdoor-living-experts-6029462   Today, Friday, Donna had the last Full West Sussex County Council before the local elections. Earlier this week, at Chichester District Council, on Monday our Independent colleague Tim Young had the Environment Panel which considered a report on do...
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March 20, 2026

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  Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read.  Thank you to everyone who took part in Selsey’s Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday and said ‘hello’ to one of us, we wish to particularly thank Selsey Town Council’s Senior Team, Jenny Ririe and Zoe Neal, who once again organised a greatly appreciated event. In addition to the annual town meetings, STC now organises the Remembrance celebrations and, longer running residents will remember, VE80,and the last D-Day civic celebrations. Donna was particularly grateful for the warmth and good wishes she is getting from so many of you ahead of the West Sussex County Council elections on Thursday May 7th, 2026. To vote for her (Selsey Division) you must be registered by 20th April 2026. Before the campaign starts, I had an early birthday celebration with children and grandchildren last Saturday. We have a treat this Sunday, March 22nd, 2026, because we are meeting them again and, for the first time, my second daughter...
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March 13, 2026

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  Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read.  We are reminding you that to vote (for Donna) on Thursday May 7th, 2026 in the West Sussex County Council elections you must be registered by 20th April 2026. She could be the only female candidate in Selsey, which is regrettable considering Sunday was International Women's Day, and women make up only 41% of local council positions in England.  Before the campaign starts, I am having an early birthday celebration with children and grandchildren tomorrow, Saturday March 14th. If you have never ‘been on the inside’ you may not realise that there is a lot of preparation before the official campaign begins (when the nominations close on Thursday, April 9th.)  As we have mentioned before, Ali is one of the first people to read the blog. Last week we told you about Chichester District Council’s budget and Council Tax setting meeting. Ali is keen on the bottom line so was particularly interested to lear...
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