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Labour's parliamentary candidate for the Isle of Wight, Stewart Blackmore, shared his concerns for the Island with shadow chanceloe, Ed Balls, at last week's Labour party conference.
Stewart Blackmore
Stewart Blackmore was the Labour Party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for the Isle of Wight in the 2015 general election.
He is a Ventnor Town Councillor and has served as mayor for two years running.
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Labour party candidate Stewart Blackmore says Isle of Wight MP, Andrew Turner, should have thought about the likely effect on the changes of the postal service when he voted for the privatisation of Royal Mail.
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In a revealing feature on BBC South Today last night, Andrew Turner's until-recently Agent says the former MP is "not the man for the Isle of Wight".
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Stewart Blackmore, suggests that Isle of Wight council officers would rather the issue of Undercliff Drive was 'kicked into the long grass', but calls on the Executive to act now and help residents.
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Christopher Garnett's report, commissioned by the council, is due to land tomorrow. In advance, KILF run through the overview as they see it, asking people to act to save their Isle of Wight's trainline.
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Ahead of the rumoured visit by the interim head of Ofsted this week, Labour repeat their calls for the creation of a taskforce – featuring education experts, teachers, governors and parents - to carry out a detailed study as to why education attainments lags behind the mainland in many areas.
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Island line campaigners say it's unlikely DfT would have considered Island Line being out of the franchise if the MP hadn't enthused about the idea of a community rail project to the government in the first place.
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KILF say that although Island Line is in the next franchise, its long-term future is still far from certain. They're looking forward to hearing First MTR's “exciting package of proposals".
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Members of the Keep Island Line in Franchise shares their responses to the Dept for Transport proposal re the future of Island Line trains.
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Isle of Wight Conservative MP Andrew Turner is of leaving the door open - in his Commons speech - for the "untested alternative that he has championed".
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The Labour parliamentary candidate Stewart Blackmore welcomed shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt to the Island last week to discuss the education system.
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Many candidates didn't need to walk the streets canvassing as they made it onto the town and parish councils uncontested.
