Community News Objections spanning breadth of LGBTQ+ communities raised after Brighton & Hove City Council announces no Pride for ‘gay village’, St James Street Objections spanning the breadth of our LGBTQ+ communities have been raised after Brighton & Hove City Council announced the Pride Village Party, which usually takes place in the heart of LGBTQ+ Brighton – St James Street – will be moved to Marine Parade. On Wednesday, April 2, Brighton & Hove City C By Graham Robson • 4 min read
Politics Lloyd Russell-Moyle has membership restored after being suspended from the Labour Party Lloyd Russell-Moyle, former MP for Kemptown and Peacehaven, has had his membership restored after being suspended from the Labour Party. Just before the 2024 General Election, Russell-Moyle, who is openly gay, was forced to stand down as MP of the constituency after after a “vexatious and politicall By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Politics Anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known as ‘Posie Parker’, implies she was responsible for Brighton Kemptown MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle’s downfall Anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, who also goes by the name of ‘Posie Parker’, has shifted her attention to Bristol Central for the General Election on 4 July, after threatening to stand as an independent for the Brighton Kemptown seat. The controversial figure, whose stance on trans rig By Graham Robson • 1 min read
HIV To mark National HIV Testing Week, Andrea Leadsom and Angela Rayner join 40 MPs testing for HIV Health Minister Andrea Leadsom MP, Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner MP and 40 other MPs have tested for HIV to show how quick and easy it is and encourage others to do the same during National HIV Testing Week (until 11 February). A host of cross-party MPs got tested including Health Minister Andr By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Pride Brighton & Hove Pride calls on those attending Pride to “plan journey in advance and stay for longer over Pride weekend” following overtime ban for Govia Thameslink Railway workers The statement from Brighton & Hove Pride comes after Lloyd Russell-Moyle, MP for Brighton Kemptown, launched a petition calling on GTR to think again. By Graham Robson • 3 min read
Pride Petition launched to ‘save’ Brighton & Hove Pride from Govia Thameslink Railway Lloyd Russell-Moyle, MP for Brighton Kemptown, has launched a petition to ‘save’ Brighton & Hove Pride from Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which is planning to “disrupt the journeys of tens of thousands of visitors to Pride by cancelling all trains south of Three Bridges on Saturday, August 5”. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
News Sprucing up the city! Big Clean Up takes place across Brighton & Hove Events took place across the city on Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16 as part of Brighton & Hove City Council’s Big Clean Up, which took place ahead of the city’s busy summer months. By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Business News Lloyd Russell-Moyle, MP for Brighton Kemptown, calls on Parliament to guarantee support for nightclubs and other businesses According to the Labour MP, one in six in ten patrons of Revenge nightclub have come down with the Omicron variant and the club isn’t receiving support it needs By Graham Robson • 1 min read
General News ‘Corbyn For Prime Minister’ – Brighton Rally @ the Synergy Centre Tonight, (June 6) sees the grand finale of Labour’s general election campaign with six outdoor rallies taking place all over the UK. Rallies will take place in London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Barry, Warrington and here in Brighton. Each rally will include a senior Labour politician, a DJ, a musician, a By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Circus ringmaster to stand as candidate in Brighton Kemptown Circus of Horrors ringmaster to stand as an Alternative candidate for the constituency of Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven at the coming General Election. Doktor Haze, creator and ringmaster in the outrageous Circus of Horrors has thrown his top hat into the ring, standing as an Alternative as oppos By Gary Hart • 2 min read
