We are now moving on to approving of a new Strategic Statement - Reforming Kent, a title that is almost certainly in breach of the Local Government Act, but no one seems to care about.

Cllr Kemkaran says KCC is facing "the most challenging operating environment this council has ever faced."

Kent County Council is getting underway.

Slightly odd arrangements in place where usual press seats have been closed, leaving us in the public gallery, which has 14 seats. Far more than 14 people are here, leading to several journalists and others being left outside of the room.

But we’re in.

Tldr: wah

Jurasek redemption arc begins tonight, I'm calling it now

If Norwich can take anything from being behind against the side who are bottom, there is still almost the entire game left. They can't be timid, they need to fight back!

so what you're saying is the centrist brunchlord substack punditry's claims that Dems have to shift further right to win is complete bullshit

big, multicultural cities - they're good!

Huge wins for the Democrats in state elections across the US last night.

Chaotic authoritarianism is not popular.

we can have this feeling all the time

JFC. This is about the smoothest and coldest burn I have ever heard. Off the top rope.

Notable in today's YouGov that the centre/left bloc - Lab/Green/LD/SNP are on 54%. With Reform/Tories on 43%. That's the biggest differential in a long time.

I think useful to track blocs given instability between parties at the moment.

Gangrel all the way here

This is so lovely, I had no idea Oldham created IVF - it's great to see towns celebrate their history and achievements

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The electoral outcome most strongly linked to deprivation is not any party’s vote share, but turnout. Across almost all indicators, turnout is markedly lower in more deprived areas, with only barriers to housing & services and quality in the living environment showing weaker correlations.

New substack: how the government can raise economic growth: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/increasing...

Wouldn’t mind a slightly sub-10% return on my personal investments, but maybe I’m not ruthless or ambitious enough

A friend told me that her American dad got in touch to talk about some news he'd seen on Facebook: there are riots in England over DEI, and the King dramatically burst into parliament to tell Starmer off, and then Prince William did the same to Sadiq Khan. AI really is inventing bold new universes

People who vote or stand for Reform almost all think that running councils is easy and that it will only take a bit of common sense to identify waste and make savings. They were always going to run into problems. because they have no respect for anyone in the public sector.

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

All of this shit sucks ass but it's insult to injury that not one of these people are attractive. We're under the boot of a bunch of hatchet face dweebs. I saw a video of Trump in the UK and that bronzer made him look like a rack of ribs.

Our thoughts are with all affected by the Huntingdon train attack - and our deepest thanks to those who responded with such courage and care.

Opportunity to slide in free healthcare for all

I won't lie, if I hadn't completely given up on Norwich City a handful of games ago, I would now completely give up on Norwich City #ncfc

He's still going!
Made his debut for #NCFC 32 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...