Category Archives: Election 2010

Election 2010: Polling Booths in South West Holderness

Posted on April 23, 2010 by | 1 Comment

WHERE DO YOU VOTE in the Election on THURSDAY, 6th MAY 2010?
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Reflecting on the Hedon Blog

Posted on April 23, 2010 by | 1 Comment

BBC LOOK NORTH will feature a discussion on the General Election this evening (23rd April 2010, 6:30pm) and contrast the traditional methods of campaigning using the megaphone and soapbox with the new forms of digital engagement that are now available using the internet.

The Hedon Blogger was invited by Hull Digital to take part in the discussion at

Interviews at Fudge

Fudge Cafe-Restaurant in Hull and comment on this Blog’s coverage of the election campaign so far.

The Hedon Blog passed a milestone this month. It reached over 40,000 page views. The statistics show that the Blog got just over 200 views in its first month of operation in February 2009 – but now gets almost that many viewers every single day.

So the decision to cover the General Election was a calculated risk. Would local people switch off from politics on the Hedon Blog or would they find it an interesting way to follow the campaign? The latter seems to be the case with Election 2010 becoming the 6th most popular article this month.

Of course the Hedon Blog is always looking to improve its coverage and will offer readers the chance to put their questions to the candidates in a special facility to open very soon.

In the meantime thanks very much for reading the Hedon Blog. And please do leave comments with your views anywhere on the Blog especially if you have never posted comments before. The comments from readers keep the Blog interesting and lively and hopefully can reflect the essential buzz of conversation in Hedon on issues that matter.

Ray Duff :-)

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Election leaflets delivered in Hedon

Posted on April 22, 2010 by | Leave a comment

ELECTION 2010: THE HEDON BLOG is playing a role in a non-partisan project to monitor election material that is circulated in Hedon.

The Straight Choice is an real-time election leaflet project. The ambition is to create a live visualization of the flood of party political leaflets as they are delivered across the country during an election campaign.

If you have recently received any election leaflets through your door you can help by photographing or scanning them and uploading them to The Straight Choice.

The Hedon Blog will keep a record of the last five leaflets or adverts uploaded to The Straight Choice and make this available in the left-hand sidebar (after the Twitter section). Also available in the right-hand sidebar at HU12.net.

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Candidates: Some Policies

Posted on April 20, 2010 by | 1 Comment

ELECTION 2010: The election campaign has really started now. The candidates are beginning to outline their policies.

Craig Dobson from the Liberal Democrats, Graham Stuart, Conservative, Bill Rigby, Green and Ian Saunders, Labour give their views on key issues below (from news releases and websites):
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Election 2010: Candidates Confirmed

Posted on April 20, 2010 by | Leave a comment

NOMINATIONS FOR CANDIDATES in the forthcoming general election closed at 4pm, Tuesday, 20 April.

The following candidate Ron Hughes, Independent a candidate from Hornsea has been nominated. This means a total of 7 people are standing as prospective parliamentary candidates for the Beverley and Holderness constituency in Election 2010.

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Election 2010 snippets

Posted on April 19, 2010 by | Leave a comment

ELECTION 2010: Snippets 19th April.

Most political commentators seem to think that Nick Clegg was the ‘winner’ of the first ever TV election debate for the Party Leaders on 15th April. But what do our local candidates think?
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Energy and Waste: What do you think?

Posted on April 18, 2010 by | Leave a comment

ELECTION 2010: THE BBC POLITICS SHOW has featured a debate on Energy and Waste which included Beverley and Holderness Conservative candidate Graham Stuart.

Here are some snippets taken from Graham Stuart’s comments on the programme that indicate his policy positions on three key issues. But what do you think?

NUCLEAR POWER: Government advisers have said that black-outs could take place as early as 2016. Without nuclear power we can not deliver our energy needs. We need to speed up the process to get nuclear power stations on to the national grid as soon as possible.

WIND TURBINES: Objections to wind turbines from local people have been overturned and the issue has divided local communities. Change should not be forced on local communities. We must let them have their say!

RE-CYCLING: Government should use its procurement power (i.e. the power to buy and commission services – Ed) to support the use of re-cycled materials. We should reward people for re-cycling rather than fine them for not!

Would you like to hear what the other candidates have to say on these issues?

What do you think? Leave a comment below or e-mail your opinion to hedonblog@gmx.com.

Links: Politics Show

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Election 2010: Candidates criticise East Riding Council top pension payout

Posted on April 16, 2010 by | Leave a comment

ELECTION 2010: PROSPECTIVE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES for Beverley and Holderness have criticised the decision by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to award a top pension payout of £364,205 to a council officer who is retiring early.

As reported in the Town Hall Rich List earlier this month, Sue Lockwood the council officer concerned had already recieved total remuneration of £135,646 in 2008-09 and was one of 10 senior council officers in the East Riding earning over £100,000.

Graham Stuart Conservative candidate backed moves by his party to change the way local councils award payouts to senior officers when they retire. Conservatives are calling for the name, title and salary package of every senior town hall official earning over £60,000 to be published online. In a press release to the Hedon Blog Graham Stuart said:

I am still at a loss to understand how, in the current economic climate, the Council can justify paying this sort of cash on a discretionary basis. The Council should concentrate limited resources on the provision of front line services which are genuinely needed by residents.”

Labour Party Candidate Ian Saunders stated in an interview to the BBC that:

It’s disgraceful. Giving her a payout when she’s already on a damn good pension. I would agree with Graham Stuart on this. Three hundred and sixty thousand could have been spent on front line services. If it was a dustman who gets just 8 or 9 grand then that is private but when you’re talking hundreds of thousands, that kind of thing should be in the public domain.”

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