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The Chair of Island Labour says the Government have "prioritised failure, for fear of allowing too many of what they see as 'undeserving' children from the wrong areas to be awarded higher grades based on their teacher predictions"
Julian Critchley
Julian Critchley is the Isle of Wight Labour Party’s prospective parliamentary candidate in the 2017 snap General Election.
He attracted a whopping 17,121 votes – nearly doubling the number of votes from the 2015 general election.
Below are some of the articles mentioned Julian.
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Isle of Wight Greens say their request for a virtual meeting to "discuss reciprocal agreements for local seats" was in direct response to Island Labour offering an “olive branch” to the Isle of Wight Green Party in a bid to “get rid of our Tory administration"
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Island Labour reject a move they say will restrict Islanders in how they choose to cast their votes and say it's not enough to simply be "non-Tory"
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Spokespeople from Labour, Green and LibDem parties share their views on the Prime Minister's comments about the spread of Covid-19 in care homes. News OnTheWight asked Bob Seely his views too
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Island Labour say the Isle of Wight is "blessed with excellent conditions to become a renewable energy powerhouse". Details of what they'd do within
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Labour, Green and LibDem politicians on the Isle of Wight question the lockdown actions of the Government's special advisor Dominic Cummings. The Isle of Wight MP responds
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Not everyone has reacted positively to the Isle of Wight Conservatives' pitch for the Island to be a ‘potential pilot for testing a community’ for Coronavirus. A petition has been launched
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Labour's Richard Quigley says that rather than demonise firms such as GKN, Vestas and Vikoma for keeping their staff working, we should add the brave men and women going into work to the list of heroes and do everything we can to keep them safe
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Two of the councillors calling for 'no confidence' motions have resigned today with immediate effect
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Motions of ‘no confidence’ in Ryde councillors defeated to huge rounds of applause (video) (updated)
All three motions of 'no confidence' against five Ryde councillors were defeated, with the Mayor adding that he was not opposed to an internal audit or inspection of processes
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Cllr Lilley said he had been unable to discuss the issue for confidential reasons. He said it had been difficult for him personally, as he was unable to publicly dispute the accusations
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Someone suggested ditching the TV soap opera on Friday night and heading to Ryde Town Council where the tensions between councillors will be played out in public
