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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 7h

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Family firm of Reform UK council leader threatened with compulsory strike off

Mansfield Carpets (Contracts) Limited faced Companies House action over four consecutive years of delayed filings

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 20h

Reform UK Kent Councillor and Cabinet member Chris Hespe would rather save Adolf Hitler from a burning building than a trans person.

There’s more.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 8h

Nigel Farage before the crypto lobby started funding Reform UK

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 8h

Go to the Ashford choral website 'next concert' page to buy tickets.

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 17h

East Thanet MP accusations over Reform savings and council tax claim later rebuffed by KCC leader – The Isle of Thanet News share.google/AHt1wCe58L1c...

East Thanet MP accusations over Reform savings and council tax claim later rebuffed by KCC leader

East Thanet MP Polly Billington has accused the Reform Leader of Kent County Council of trying to use ‘dodgy figures’ and ‘evasion tactics’ after claims – which were later dismissed by Cllr L…

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 18h

Reform UK in the dock ⚖

9th October Andy Osborn.
14th October Neil Stevens, Tony Stevens, and Rob Sheridan.
15th October Sarah White.
21st November Nathan Gill.
16th December Mandy Clare.
22nd May 2026 Daniel Taylor.

Under investigation:
Joseph Boam.
Lee Duffy.
George Cottrell.

#ReformInTheDock

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 17h

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Welsh Reform councillor teams up with Tommy Robinson allies in parents meeting

Emily Price A Reform councillor has chaired a meeting with a far-right group and parents of young children to discuss “completely untrue” allegations about religious education at a Swansea school. Re...

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 17h

Welsh Reform councillor teams up with Tommy Robinson allies in parents meeting

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Welsh Reform councillor teams up with Tommy Robinson allies in parents meeting

Emily Price A Reform councillor has chaired a meeting with a far-right group and parents of young children to discuss “completely untrue” allegations about religious education at a Swansea school. Re...

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 1d

The people behind the flags are as dodgy as you'd expect.
#DodgyFlaggers
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/red-flags-th...

Red flags: The non-existent company behind Brum's Union Jacks

'It's 100% legitimate'

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 1d

The Russian scandal is Farage's Epstein.
It won't go away.
#FarageRussianAsset
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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick is going full Trump.
When Johnson purged the centralist core of the party he did for the Tories.
You start with a silly man and slide into a Farage.

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 1d

Jenrick is going full Trump.
When Johnson purged the party of their centralist core he did for the Tories.
You start with a silly man and slide into a Farage nightmare.
#Jenrick #Tories #Farage #Trump

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d

"What I want is the removal of activist judges we have in our country right now."

Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute”.

Is this, as the Lib Dems say, a ‘Trumpian purge?’

Robert Jenrick denies 'Trumpian purge' after conference attack on ‘activist judges’ | The News Agents

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute” and vows to make appointments a political decision under a future…

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 1d

The Union Jack fights back

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 2d

New #ReformUK fitness regime for British schools.
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I Put Moskau over Russian Army Dancing

YouTube video by Scrap Tech Tips

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Things Farage won’t answer:

1. Why did he lie about buying a house in Clacton?

2. What did he know about Welsh Reform Leader Nathan Gill’s Russian Bribes?

3. Why did he lie about meeting the Russian Ambassador?

4. Why is his flagship council Kent raising taxes and cutting services?

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 2d

Reform UK set to hike council tax in Kent after claims its cost-cutting drive has failed
www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...

Reform UK set to hike council tax in Kent by maximum amount after

Kent County Council, governed by Reform UK, are set to hike council tax after cost-cutting attempts inspired by Elon Musk failed.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Reform UK set to hike council tax in Kent after claims its cost-cutting drive has failed

www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...

#KemkaranResign

Reform UK set to hike council tax in Kent by maximum amount after "failed" cost-cutting attempts | LBC

Kent County Council, governed by Reform UK, are set to hike council tax after cost-cutting attempts inspired by Elon Musk failed.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Resign Linden Kemkaran!

Reform UK’s Leader in Kent’s position is untenable over the DOGE failure and revelation that they will up council tax 5% (after making savings and tax cuts an election promise in May).

Time’s up @LeaderofKCC.

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 2d

Reform councillors are a bunch of amateurs.
Don't ever put the UK into their hands.
It would be Truss on steroids.
#Reform

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally

Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

www.theguardian.com

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 2d

Ghislaine Maxwell to stay behind bars as US Supreme Court rejects appeal by Jeffrey Epstein's ex
www.lbc.co.uk/article/us-s...

Ghislaine Maxwell to stay behind bars as US Supreme Court rejects appeal by Jeffrey Epstein's ex | LBC

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal request from Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed ex-girlfriend of paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 3d

#ECHR
Leaving would be a disaster for the rights of 70 million British people.

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Joelle Grogan @joellegrogan.bsky.social · 5d

Simple explainer of the law, and the statistics that are available* with @alicedonald.bsky.social

Explainer: Does the European Convention on Human Rights stop foreign criminals being removed from the UK? - UK in a changing Europe

Joelle Grogan, Alice Donald and Victoria Adelman examine the relationship between the ECHR and immigration law.

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Joelle Grogan @joellegrogan.bsky.social · 5d

And here's a simple explainer too of the relationship between the ECHR/GFA with @alicedonald.bsky.social.

The European Convention on Human Rights and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - UK in a changing Europe

Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Kentish Fran #FBPE @kentishfran.bsky.social · 3d

At 1 hour 49 minutes is an explanation of what we get from the ECHR by a professor. Leaving would affect all of us, be a disaster and would make it HARDER to stop illegal immigration.
Check out this episode of Matt Frei on Global Player - share-lbc.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...

Matt Frei | Global Player

Listen to Matt Frei for free on Global Player.

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