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Paddle Out Protest 2023 – Surfers Against Sewage
Shame that the nearest event is Plymouth … maybe some enterprising canoeists might want to do something in Seaton?
Stand with us. Join Surfers Against Sewage on Saturday 20th May for our UK-wide paddle-out protests.
— Read on http://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/paddle-out-protest-2023/
Vote today for the candidates best able to defeat the voter-suppressing Tories
Seaton: Dan Ledger (Independent), Steve Hunt (Lib Dem)
Coly Valley: Paul Arnott (Lib Dem)
Beer & Branscombe: John Heath (Independent)
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/voter-id-law-faces-criticism-8406487.amp
A final message from John Heath (Independent candidate for Beer/Branscombe/W Seaton)
Hi Everyone,
I hope you’ve had a great bank holiday and are looking forward to yet another one just around the corner. Viv and I will be at the Coronation party in Beer next weekend.
It is time to have YOUR say on how our communities are run so I urge everyone who has a vote to use it on Thursday because we need EDDC council to change for the better and the wards in East Devon deserve councillors who care about their local communities and not be controlled by political parties with their specific manifestos curtailing what they can and cannot say.
It is my hope that the independents will have a major say in reshaping the district council. These local elections are just as important as national elections because having local councillors who are motivated and committed to their communities is essential to get things done.
If I am elected than I will continue to meet people individually and at community gatherings and ensure your voice is conveyed to EDDC and I will report through the social media outlets on what I have raised as agenda items and the responses from the council.
As a member of Beer Parish Council, I will be taking parishioners’ concerns to EDDC. If you elect me as your district councillor, I will also be attending Branscombe Parish Council and will offer to work with Seaton Town Council so that West Seaton has a voice.
Don’t forget voter identity is now required so make sure you take one of the following: passport, drivers license, older persons bus pass, disabled persons bus pass, blue badge, proof of age identity card, an EEA identity card or voter authority certificate. You can still use your out-of-date photo identity as long as it looks like you.
John Heath
Beer best seaside ‘town’ in Devon, according to Which? survey
It’s 11th nationally and well ahead of Sidmouth & Lyme Regis (Seaton is not listed). Results HERE.
Now Voter ID deadline has passed, thousands of East Devon voters have been disenfranchised
As the deadline for applying for the government’s new Voting Authority Certificate passed this evening, almost 2 million voters who don’t have passports or driving licenses had lost their chance to vote in May 4’s local elections. Maybe 3000 of them are in East Devon.
The Tories have calculated that the voters who are disenfranchised will be mainly voters for the opposition parties. It’s Donald Trump-style Voter Suppression and no East Devon Tory has disowned it. Shame on them. They’re complicit in destroying our democracy.
Will Tory candidates condemn Photo ID policy which will see voters turned away from polling stations on May 4th?
When campaigning for JOHN HEATH (Beer & Branscombe ward) in the local elections I handed a leaflet to a neighbour in his 90s who always votes, by post, without fail. I want to vote, he said, but I haven’t got any photo ID – I’ve handed back my passport and driving license. Fortunately, his daughter and I were able to point out that as a postal voter, he didn’t need ID. But if we hadn’t been at hand, this conscientious citizen might have lost his vote due to the confusion the new policy has caused.
On May 4th, this confusion is likely to actually cost a lot of people their votes. They’ll turn up at polling stations without knowing that you need ID and they’ll be turned away. Or they’ll bring their bus or rail pass – because they haven’t got a passport or driving licence – and they’ll still be turned away. Or, because they haven’t got round to getting new ID, they’ll just stay at home.
One honest Devon Tory, county council leader John Hart, has admitted the whole policy isn’t necessary. Will any of our local Conservative candidates – Marcus Hartnell, Del Haggerty or Helen Parr – join him in criticising this shameful anti-democratic move? If they remain silent, they’re effectively hoping to benefit from denying people their votes. Another very good reason for those who do manage to vote NOT to vote for them.
If you need the government’s new Voter Authority Certificate, today is the very last day to apply for it – link in previous post.
Seaton & Colyton MATTERS 