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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 4d

In our new weekly briefing this week:

🤬 Kent county councillor calls resident a 'f@?kwit' in testy exchange.
💷 KCC hits financial reality
🌳 Could Kent MP be the next Tory leader?
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Conspiracies and far-right rhetoric in Faversham and Ramsgate
🗞️ News in brief
🎟️ The week ahead

A quiet test of the rules at County Hall

Plus KCC hits financial reality, could a Kent MP be the next Tory leader, an lots more

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 4d

Multiple Conservative councillors in Kent are defecting to Reform today.

Cllr Robbie Lammas in Medway, a former staffer to Richard Holden, has jumped.

Cllr Gary Harding, Cllr David Beattie, Cllr Emma Elliott, and Cllr Aaron Elliott in Gravesham defected en masse this morning in Gravesham.

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 5d

We're out here bringing joy and positivity to our readers on a Monday afternoon.

Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Monday! I was having a good day until I was reminded by the SS Richard Montgomery… via @kentcurrent.news

Screen shot of text: An ally of Vladimir Putin has gone on Russian state television to suggest blowing up the SS Montgomery, a sunken ship in the Thames Estuary with roughly 1,400 tonnes of explosives on board.

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 8d

➡️ Reform sweeps triple by-election in Maidstone to gain first seats on borough council
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Anti-immigration protests expand to more Kent towns
😷 Covid sneaks back
🗞️ News in brief, and more

Maidstone reformed

The party sweeps by-election to take three seats in the borough. Plus anti-immigration protests expand to more towns, covid is back, news in brief, and more

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 10d

Kent boasts two international rail stations, neither of which has any international services. As the campaign to return direct connections between Kent and the continent gains momentum, how likely are trains bound for Europe to stop in our county again?

The long wait for Paris

Ashford and Ebbsfleet continue to wait while Eurostar speeds through

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 12d

🚫 Sport England objects to homes on fenced-off field
💷 New levelling up money for Kent
➡️ Councillors applaud far-right intimidation of press
💰 Latest donations to MPs
🗞️ News in brief, and more

Sport England objects to homes on a fenced-off field

Plus new levelling up money for Kent, councillors applaud far-right intimidation of press, latest donations to MPs, news in brief, and more

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 18d

For our weekend interview, we sat down with Antony Hook, leader of the opposition at Kent County Council. The former MEP talks about the Reform administration in Kent, flags on lampposts, Brexit's impact on Kent, and lots more.

“I really don’t like party tribalism”

What we asked Antony Hook, Lib Dem leader of the opposition at Kent County Council

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 19d

🌍 Kent councillors decide there is no climate emergency
➡️ Medway school u-turns on Reform essay contest
🗣️ More from KCC this week
🗞️ News in brief, and more

Kent councillors decide there is no climate emergency

Plus Medway school u-turns on Reform essay contest, more from KCC this week, news in brief, and more

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 25d

Wrote a guest piece for the excellent @kentcurrent.news about why it’s so important that the county builds more!

Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 25d

Delighted to welcome @jamesomalley.co.uk to the Kent Current, who has bravely written about how Kent needs to massively accelerate housebuilding.

It’s time for Kent to build!

Prices are out of reach, waiting lists are growing, and councils are still saying no.

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 25d

Delighted to welcome @jamesomalley.co.uk to the Kent Current, who has bravely written about how Kent needs to massively accelerate housebuilding.

It’s time for Kent to build!

Prices are out of reach, waiting lists are growing, and councils are still saying no.

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Jon Patience @smoulderstoat.bsky.social · 29d

I learn from the excellent @kentcurrent.news that Reform-controlled Kent County Council are to debate a motion that would blatantly breach the law on political impartiality. I wonder what the Monitoring Officer is going to do about it?

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Trailblazing or takeover?

Universities of Kent and Greenwich to merge, plus Reform councillor defects to 2015, what's going on at KCC this week, news in brief, and more

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 26d

🎓 Universities of Kent and Greenwich are to merge - is it the 'trailblazing' formation they sell it as, or a takeover by another name?
➡️ Reform councillors defects to 2015
🗣️ What's going on at KCC this week?
🗞️ News in brief, and more

Trailblazing or takeover?

Universities of Kent and Greenwich to merge, plus Reform councillor defects to 2015, what's going on at KCC this week, news in brief, and more

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Sep 9

In his latest sketch for the Kent Current, former KM Political Editor Paul Francis ponders the impact of Reform on Kent's old political certainties.

From fruitcakes to frontrunners

Reform’s rise leaves Kent’s old political certainties looking shaky

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · Sep 8

Another one falls in Kent. Cllr Amelia Randall, elected as a Reform councillor for Birchington in May, has defected to... UKIP.

Cllr Randall was posting in support of Reform on X on Thursday. It is unclear what happened between then and now to send her to 2015.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · Sep 8

I think this is only the 2nd time I've been interviewed and it was fun. I talked to @stevenkeevil.bsky.social about growing up in the suburbs, going from music writing to books & podcasting, nerdy stuff about process, OGWN, Origin Story, why I could never go into politics and the importance of hope

Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Sep 8

For our big weekend interview, we sat down with @dorianlynskey.bsky.social. The writer and podcaster talks about podcasting, whether remain could have won the referendum, where hope can be found, and lots more.

“If you don't have hope, then you're essentially complicit in the thing you hate”

What we asked Dorian Lynskey, writer and podcaster

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Sep 8

For our big weekend interview, we sat down with @dorianlynskey.bsky.social. The writer and podcaster talks about podcasting, whether remain could have won the referendum, where hope can be found, and lots more.

“If you don't have hope, then you're essentially complicit in the thing you hate”

What we asked Dorian Lynskey, writer and podcaster

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Sep 5

📣 Kent's tourism megaphone suddenly switched off
🏘️ KCC set to sell off five sites for housing
💷 Latest donations to Kent MPs
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 A questionable descent
🗞️ News in brief, and more

Kent’s tourism megaphone suddenly switched off

Plus KCC set to sell off five sites for housing, latest donations to Kent MPs, a questionable descent, news in brief, and more

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Sep 1

🕯️ Remembering the Maidstone Witches
🚀 We continue our chat with Dan Abnett
🎟️ Our weekly events guide
🗞️ News in brief, and more

Remembering the Maidstone Witches

Plus the IP Man returns, upcoming Kent events, news in brief, and more

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Aug 29

🚓 Kent Police rebrand lawbreaking as freedom of speech - as flags appear across the county, the force made it clear this week that they won't enforce the law
🗣️ What's happening at KCC this week?
🗞️ News in brief, and more

Kent Police rebrand lawbreaking as free speech

Plus the latest happenings at KCC, news in brief, and more

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Aug 28

Thank you to everyone who has chosen to support our work by becoming a paid subscriber. We have no other way to fund this project, so every subscriber makes a huge difference.

If you believe that journalism in Kent can be better, why don't you join them?

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Aug 27

For our latest big interview, we sit down with Tim Aker, former Member of the European Parliament and Development Manager for the Federation of Small Businesses in Kent. We talk to him about his electoral journey, going from MEP to FSB, his book, and more.

“You get a lot more political power by persuading people than you do by crushing them”

What we asked former Member of the European Parliament, Tim Aker

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · Aug 26

This week on the Kent Current, I sat down with former MEP Dr Tim Aker.
We talked about his role with the Federation Small Business, his doctoral thesis on Margaret Thatcher and his book, The First Brexiteer.

www.kentcurrent.news/p/you-get-a-...

“You get a lot more political power by persuading people than you do by crushing them”

What we asked former Member of the European Parliament, Tim Aker

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Aug 26

It's a whole new week, and there's still been no response from Reform locally or nationally as to how five of their Kent councillors came to be smiling for photos alongside a man wearing a neo-Nazi flag.

Kent Reform councillors pictured smiling alongside neo-Nazi activist

Plus KCC blurs neutrality line again, Lower Thames Crossing tries new regulatory system, news in brief, and more

www.kentcurrent.news

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · Aug 21

Thanks to @josiah.writes.news and @bylinetimes.bsky.social for picking up our recent story and adding further context.

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Aug 21

🔴 The Reform and Conservative Politicians Mingling With Neo-Nazis and Fascists at Asylum Hotel Protests

The recent wave of anti-migrant protests are providing a bridge between right-wing elected politicians and extremist groups
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The Reform and Conservative Politicians Mingling With Neo-Nazis and Fascists at Asylum Hotel Protests

The recent wave of anti-migrant protests are providing a bridge between right-wing elected politicians and extremist groups

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · Aug 21

Great scoop from Kent Current
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...

Kent Reform councillors pictured smiling alongside neo-Nazi activist

Plus KCC blurs neutrality line again, Lower Thames Crossing tries new regulatory system, news in brief, and more

www.kentcurrent.news

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