Category: Dorset Politics

Blandford’s Crown Meadows plan – an act of philanthropy or a Trojan horse?

PLANS to site up to 40 caravans as temporary homes for Ukrainian refugees on land known locally as Crown Meadows on the western boundaries...

Missions vs pledges in 2024

Over the past couple of months both the Tories and the Labour Party have started to set out their stalls for the next general...

The real power of the consumer

Attempting to tidy my overburdened desk recently, I discovered a copy of Ethical Consumer magazine. The cover picture showed a Lego family, standing on...

Time to stop the hand wringing

The big issues of the week leading up to this month’s BV publication have been the Windsor Framework and the Cost of Living (neatly...

Not quite so discontented yet

The Windsor Framework isn’t just good news for businesses, says MP Simon Hoare. It shows a return to adult politics and better relationships I am...

The BV talks to Tim Laycock and gets the inside track on the Council Tax levy

The third and final episode of February's BV podcast - in this episode Jenny gets to listen to the wonderful Tim Laycock's Random 19...

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Jam-packed January in the saddle

Winter may have soaked us to the skin, but training camps, bold horses and big plans mean the event season suddenly feels tantalisingly close I...

Sydling St Nicholas in focus

The following photographs are a selection from a collection of 47 images preserved and shared by the Dorset History Centre. They offer a rare,...

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