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State funding for political parties - not in my name!
The issue of taxpayer funding of political parties is back on the agenda following this intervention from Ken Clarke. HEREFor the entire time I have been a member of the Conservative Party (35+ years)...
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Please let it be true
News reaches West Kent Towers that one of our local members, selected to fight a "challenging" Labour seat many miles from Kent, was campaigning in the constituency with her husband. After a hard...
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Faversham and Mid Kent shortlist
1. Yes - it's four women2. Yes - they were selected by the Sift Committee of their own accord3. No - there was no pressure from CCHQCongratulations and good luck to four outstanding candidates.
View ArticleThe Bishops should address their own failings first
I have never held the view, as some do, that the Church and/or Bishops shouldn't comment on matters political. Faith leaders have a role and a duty to voice their concerns, and society is wise enough...
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Beware who's behind the knocker!
A warning to all candidates - you never know who's behind the knocker!We had several teams out in Tonbridge & Malling last evening, including a group in the small hamlet of Four Elms, in one of...
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Oh dear, Ed!
Poll of swing voters in one West Kent constituency. "Putting party politics aside and thinking of them as individuals, who would you prefer as Prime Minister of Great Britain?"
View ArticleDoes racism become acceptable on Friday 8 May?
Most of us (including, I suspect, many of UKIPs own supporters) must have been horrified at Rozanne Duncan's outburst about black people during Sunday night's "Meet The Ukippers" programme on BBC2....
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A moment of schadenfreude
Just home after the hugely successful Faversham and Mid Kent Parliamentary Selection contest, clutching my box of papers and a bag full of money from the collection. Whilst counting the cash to let the...
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Chatham & Aylesford's Iron Lady
An envelope arrived at West Kent Towers this morning containing one of Tracey Crouch MPs latest Resident Surveys - complete with its own decoupage! It was from a 72 year old lady who took great delight...
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D-70 in pictures
The letterheads have arrived. The A4 and A3 window postershave arrived. The correx boards come tomorrow. The new supply of three-tier rosettes have arrived - all 300 of them!And all three versions...
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A moving and emotional end to a busy week
At home in time to eat with my partner for the first time this week, after six days of the most varied, frantic and exciting events of the 2015 election campaign. Here is a summary of what the West...
View ArticleTen political hypocrisies
1. Why do so many people who demand a nice affordable home for their child or grandchild, almost always object when new homes are proposed in their village?2. Why is it OK for an MP to be a Minister...
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At least the only way is up, Mr Miliband!
OK, I admit it's a small sample of just 60 voters with hundreds more to come, but the news for Chatham & Aylesford Labour doesn't get much worse. Actually, it does get worse. This particular...
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If this doesn't scare the opposition....
If this doesn't scare the opposition.... then I don;t know what will!The West Kent Sub-Agents, from left: John Balcombe (Chatham & Aylesford), Janet Sergison (Tonbridge & Malling),John Wilson...
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Say Hello to the West Kent Letter Opening Team !
Such is the volume of incoming mail that we now have a team of volunteers whose only job is to open and sort the post each day. This is what arrived this morning - and they're still opening it four...
View ArticleA tribute to the team who between them keep the West Kent show on the road
The pace is hotting-up for us all, and without the help and support of an enormous team of helpers we simply wouldn't be able to cope. Times like these make me realise how fortunate I am (and our local...
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Ed's on a roll! Not a big one, but.....
Earlier this week I posted the early returns from a poll we are doing of Labour swing voters in Chatham & Aylesford. It made grim reading for Labour with 0 respondents opting for Ed Miliband as PM....
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LibDem bar chart hits new level of mendaciousness
WINNING ELSEWHERE The Lib Dems are renowned for the mendacious bar charts showing that it's "neck and neck" and "only they can beat the Tories here". But this sample delivered in Kingston upon...
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