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Thanks for shortlisting me for Print Journalist of the Year for the fourth year in a row, #KPBA and @Maxim. Delighted to be a Print Feature Journalist of the Year finalist too. Well done to my @Kent_Online colleagues, especially @BowlesMbowles, @MaxChesson and @dannyesson
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Are young people these days all lefties, are they reactionaries in the making, or do they not care at all? Very special edition of the Kent Politics Podcast today, talking to @CllrKieran and Cllr Harry McKenzie about all things youth politics open.spotify.com/episode/4LC…
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Faversham was once sold as a bohemian escape for priced-out Londoners. Now it’s become the battleground for England’s identity crisis, @skulthorp writes 👇 buff.ly/oPUYgsE
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An earlier than usual episode this week, where we speak to former Kent MP Adam Holloway, who has defected from the @Conservatives to @reformparty_uk
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In Dover this morning Nigel Farage has announced his party will create a Minister for Deportations if they win the next general election, and says Reform will give the Tories a kicking at next week’s Kent County Council elections kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/n…
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Yours truly on the Labour WhatsApp leaks scandal, the Bauman Affair, and why both insulting your constituents and leaking private messages are signs of a warped political culture kentonline.co.uk/news/opinio…
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I’ve been working on this story for the past few months, worth a read if you have a few minutes
Would you pay £790 a month to live in a Premier Inn? Concerns have been raised after the new owners of a disused hotel advertised the rooms for rent
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Women dressed as nuns have a cigarette break during the Walmer Castle pageant in Kent (1931)
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Our new episode is out, talking childhood obesity in Medway, Kent's first Reform UK councillor, and Labour's first 100 days in office We're also joined by @StanleyForecast kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/k…
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Another year goes by and G.W.F. Hegel's birthday on 27 August comes round again!
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Had a great opportunity to speak to @KentPoliticsPod this week about Sevenoaks and Swanley politics!
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I was interviewed about the results of the staff survey at Kent. With yet another round of voluntary severance to come, trust in senior management is still at rock bottom. kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/m…
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On this week’s kent politics podcast we do an autopsy on the local election results, dig into Natalie Elphicke’s surprise defection to Labour, and interview @ElectCalculus CEO Martin Baxter about the real meaning of the polls, have a listen 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/3Do…
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3 more Tunbridge Wells election results Pemburay & Capel elects: 2x Liberal democrats 1x Independent For Tunbridge Wells Rusthall & Speldhurst elects 2x Labour 1x Tunbridge Wells Alliance S'borough and bidborough: 3 x Lib Dems Lib Dems still largest on 17 seats out of 39
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Fantastic live broadcast to hundreds of 000s of Kent viewers from today's count at Tunbridge Wells, anchored by @Robert_Bailey_ shown here interviewing former CfJ student @dannyesson with a ticker built by former CfJ students @BartholomewHll and @rhodriandrews. #trainedbythebest
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Did this piece based on the findings of @the_tpa’s ‘Town Hall Rich List’ in Kent. I also discussed it in more detail on this week’s Kent Politics Podcast open.spotify.com/episode/1Af…
Dozens working at Kent councils earn more than £100k a year - but one expert argues such high pay is fully deserved. Read more 👇 buff.ly/3UogTa4
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The latest episode of the Kent Politics Podcast is out! This week we speak with @MikeTappTweets, Labour candidate for Dover and Deal. We cover a bridge in Faversham, the funding cuts for @CABMedway, and the placement of asylum seekers on Sheppey kentonline.co.uk/medway/news…
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