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Cllr Lilley says the Isle of Wight will continue to have a financial and legislative gun to its head until we are recognised by Parliament and the Government as an Island.
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The Isle of Wight MP makes it clear he continues to be supportive of Theresa May’s approach to Brexit, following her addressed to the country from 10 Downing Street this week.
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The Isle of Wight MP believes the draft Island Plan "has some good proposals in it", but has "several concerns, not least that this housing would be unaffordable for Islanders". He wants your views and has set up a petition.
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Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely raised several points during a parliamentary debate yesterday about the transport infrastructure on the Island. Details and video within.
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The Isle of Wight Labour Party Chair says "Islanders need to listen to the campaigners of ‘IoW Save Our NHS’, and make their voices heard, before their NHS is stripped away".
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Vix Lowthion says that whilst wildfires have raged across the UK in East Sussex, Edinburgh and Wales, the Isle of Wight MP's "silence is deafening" on the issue of climate change and the Government's progress on achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2020.
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Cllr Andre says the levels of objection to the proposed targets from members of the public and bodies such as the CPRE are what council leader, Cllr Stewart, should be paying regard to.
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Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, got a slap on the wrist from the Speaker of the House yesterday for being 'discourteous' during a debate. Seely went on to take part in the next debater asking whether there was a case for an updated and renewed treason Bill or Act.
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These Islanders believe that cutting the UK’s aid budget – which was endorsed by Bob Seely MP last week – could seriously harm the UK’s international standing and would be an absurd idea.
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The Global Britain: A Twenty-First Century Vision report, co-authored by Bob Seely, and published today, pitches that the UK's approach to Overseas Aid should be radially overhauled.
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Martin Young invites readers to consider his "possible way to break the Brexit impasse" sent to Bob Seely last week. He believes that if concerns are addressed, (through further negotiations with the EU), he and many others could be persuaded to accept the current negotiated deal.
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Isle of Wight resident compares the response rate of Bob Seely (15 months they've been pursuing it) vs the couple of hours it took for Portsmouth MP Penny Mordaunt (a Cabinet member) to respond personally. OnTheWight posed this to the MP. The letter and his reply included within.
