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Seemingly endless delays, largely caused by Brexit-induced parliamentary paralysis, kicked the project firmly into the long grass. Now, with nothing else at all of any importance going on in the country, it’s been resurrected. Yet another boundary review is going to have to be carried out, using up-to-date population data. There will be a public consultation in the summer. Back in 2011, it seemed quite possible that we would end up with Messrs Turner and Pugh Tories with, let’s say, a prickly relationship not entirely connected with politics. Remember PughTube? The prospect conjured images of a mined River Medina between the two constituencies, with thousands of rich drunks falling about on either side at their rival August regattas; truce talks in a vintage railway carriage in the sidings at Havenstreet, a la Compiegne, 1918 and 1940; and the re-tasking of a redundant Cowes floating bridge (some things remain forever topical) on a new Ventnor-Bournemouth route, avoi
This is a listed building in a conservation area. We were all promised a more efficient council when three councils were merged into one and Ryde has paid a heavy price. Indeed, the IW Council originally wanted to shut all our toilets and the seafront swimming pool. Our once proud theatre has been allowed to be wrecked both internally and externally The councillors responsible should hang their heads in shame at this wanton destruction. Read more letters sent to the County Press
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