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micksey009 on Highways PFI savings could result in job losses, but not will not affect road resurfacing
"Utter nonsense yet again from IWC. Of course it will affect roads resurfacing. Ventno..."

kinghymie on Letter: The climate emergency is very real, and very worrying
"Where's the good news? That carbon emissions are now lower in the UK than at any tim..."

Tim on Solent LEP say they are ‘committed to consulting’ over Cowes floating bridge
"sec 5.100 refers to improved reliability but there are other references somewhere in ..."

Tim on Solent LEP say they are ‘committed to consulting’ over Cowes floating bridge
"Off the top of my head its in the BBP Solent Gateway business case document...but I m..."

Tim on Letter: The climate emergency is very real, and very worrying
"Just wondering how many air miles Attenborough & his chums at the BBC have clocke..."

Karl on Solent LEP consultation a ‘spectacular catastrophic failure’, says councillor
"Sorry for my slow response in this thread. I don’t often enter this or other we..."

CB500 on Watch out for influx of brown-tail moth caterpillars
"The local council have promised that they won't be using pesticide on these generally..."

eastcowes on Solent LEP say they are ‘committed to consulting’ over Cowes floating bridge
"Tim, show the link to the LEP document where you say that the LEP say Floating Bridge..."

eastcowes on Solent LEP say they are ‘committed to consulting’ over Cowes floating bridge
"Actually, for those of us who have looked at the minutes in detail in real time, , it..."

andyroberts on Letter: The climate emergency is very real, and very worrying
"No dig gardening works for me and I'm convinced that rewilding is a more promising so..."

CB500 on Letter: The climate emergency is very real, and very worrying
"This is something I wholeheartedly agree with. Man is a parasite that the planet coul..."

laurentian on Solent LEP say they are ‘committed to consulting’ over Cowes floating bridge
"Ha!!!"

Tim on Solent LEP say they are ‘committed to consulting’ over Cowes floating bridge
"They never really looked at things in depth, the ethos behind FB6 was that it was to ..."

middling on Isle of Wight UKIP candidate revealed for EU Elections
"How bizarre that Mr Pitcher thinks elections are sad for democracy. And how strange ..."

laurentian on Solent LEP say they are ‘committed to consulting’ over Cowes floating bridge
"Would have been ok if they simply had replaced FB5 with something similar, instead of..."

Tim on Solent LEP say they are ‘committed to consulting’ over Cowes floating bridge
"This has been discussed many times already by the SLEP. For those who can be bothered..."

eastcowes on Funding appeal launched to save Isle of Wight Law Centre
"Reread what you wrote, ukdave. It doesn’t read that way at all. Regardless, I wou..."

ukdave on Funding appeal launched to save Isle of Wight Law Centre
"Anybody can donate to GoFundMe. I wasn't suggesting the users of the Law Centre shou..."

Colin on 13,264 sustainable journeys during ‘Active Travel Week’
"So why is the IWC trying to close All Saints at Freshwater where most of the journeys..."

Rowan on Funding appeal launched to save Isle of Wight Law Centre
"Well said eastcowes! That is exactly the point!"

Rowan on Funding appeal launched to save Isle of Wight Law Centre
"Great idea in the circumstances, but this shouldn't be necessary. The government shou..."

eastcowes on Funding appeal launched to save Isle of Wight Law Centre
"The point is, ukdave, that the people who need it the most don’t have the money to ..."

michael5rydeeast on Wight Bowmen fight to protect their field from Island Plan development
"Thank you, Sally, for spotting and adding me. I cannot comment regarding Bob’s offi..."

ukdave on Highways PFI savings could result in job losses, but not will not affect road resurfacing
"Ha ha, and some of the worst I would argue."

davimel on Highways PFI savings could result in job losses, but not will not affect road resurfacing
"I love the small paragraph regarding the CCTV system no longer being monitored. What ..."

laurentian on Highways PFI savings could result in job losses, but not will not affect road resurfacing
""It has delivered some of the best roads in the country" Like Undercliff Drive?"

Colin on Highways PFI savings could result in job losses, but not will not affect road resurfacing
"More drivel from the IWC. This contract was sold to the Island as the best thing sinc..."

ukdave on Funding appeal launched to save Isle of Wight Law Centre
"Yes, that's correct. Legal/debt advice, welfare, benefit advice that sort of thing."

Sally Perry on Funding appeal launched to save Isle of Wight Law Centre
"The Law Centre primarily serves to help those who are in need and without money."

CB500 on Highways PFI savings could result in job losses, but not will not affect road resurfacing
"This is not renegotiating. This is cutting. You don't need a consultant to do that th..."