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Canterbury, Kent. UK Labour, world politics, rock & soul music, history, MUFC and football. Former Facility Mgt consultant, once of Morecambe, Hull and Muswell Hill.
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Fans like history and continuity. Confected competitions like this offer neither. www.theguardian.com/football/202... (See also : European Super League)

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

🔴Resignations, Cancelled Meetings and Culture Wars: How Reform UK Councils Are Descending Into Chaos Nigel Farage’s band of newly-elected councillors are already starting to struggle, reports @josiah.writes.news bylinetimes.com/2025/06/16/r...

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

Agree totally. Too often gongs are used to silence potential critics and reward sycophants. There is no place for either in public service.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

So many problems with Council Tax., above all that it is wholly inadequate to its supposed purpose.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Reform lose another Councillor, this one from Kent: Apparently it’s “a police matter”. Which begs a lot of questions about candidate vetting and selection, among other things.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

submitted 14 days ago • 54 comments

It’s going so well … www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/re...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Not Russia, though. 🤷‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Outrageous letter from Reform to KCC staff, purporting to appoint a “DOGE unit” to KCC with no due process and zero legal authority. Hope KCC staff will flatly refuse to comply.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Reform UK Kent County Council. Working for you one day, not day one.

submitted 16 days ago • 18 comments

With votes spread across at least five parties, First Past the Post elections become little more than a lottery. Don't trust the mystery box. Demand a proportional system where seats match votes.

submitted 21 days ago • 8 comments

Next up: if you want to use the steps or airbrishe to actually get to the seat you paid for, then … ££££ www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Possibly the last time at my favourite venue #Roundhouse

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s me chatting with Charlie Higson about Margaret of Anjou on his latest podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/0xq2...

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Having played my last game at 44 (25 years ago ) I can really relate to this www.theguardian.com/football/202...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Just one university - UCL - employs almost twice as many people as there are working in fishing boats.

submitted 29 days ago • 35 comments

🔴The Founding Myth of Morgan McSweeney Why reports of Keir Starmer's chief adviser's supposed campaigning genius do not appear to match up with the facts www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-foundi...

submitted 31 days ago • 59 comments

In short, Starmer has taken a massive hit among Labour voters, for no gain elsewhere, while boosting Farage's popularity, including doubling his ceiling among Labour voters. I.e., the political scientists were right, Morgan McSweeney was horrendously wrong.

submitted 32 days ago • 75 comments

This conflates “nation” with “civil society”, which is not at all the same thing. Also, as a society we don’t have rules, we have norms. Those evolve over time in response to change. The idea that Britishness and British behaviour are static concepts is ludicrous.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments