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Labour Cllr, deeply worried about the far right and those who don’t realise they are!
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£36.37 for a replacement cartridge; I’ve weighed the old one and the new. 6 grams! Thats it - what else can you buy for £6.06 a gram, I wonder!!

Monetized Holocaust denialism on Twitter but how dare anyone suggest that Elon did a sieg heil.

@setrains.bsky.social #setrains going to a charity event in New Cross; late train, missed connection at Orpington, now going to miss much of my mate’s music slot! I’ve made a donation to Prostate Cancer research. Perhaps #setrains can do the same, huh?

#setrains and pay for some staff on the platforms!!!

#setrains going to a charity event in New Cross; late train, missed connection at Orpington, now going to miss much of my mate’s music slot! I’ve made a donation to Prostate Cancer research. Perhaps #setrains can do the same, huh?

USA today! More than sad … frightening!

Just remembered this as a corporate lesson in acting as soon as you see the issue. The drip of the Reform movement is getting louder! If a drop of water is added to Wembley stadium and doubles in size every minute, the stadium will fill in 46 minutes.

Watching PMQs, I am seriously concerned about Robert Jenrick’s health. Thin, drawn and sallow, he may be doing it deliberately but it doesn’t seem to be good for him.

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting says the NHS will remain 1. publicly funded. 2. free at the point of delivery. Silent on what is happening in-between. NHS becoming a shell, handing contacts to private sector. 30%-40% of money vanishes in profits. Money buys less. Say NO to NHS privatisation.

YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet. Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.

Auschwitz Memorial gathering today in Tunbridge Wells; 2 mins silence, wreath laying, brief talks. 30 yards away in a coffee shop, sitting in the window, our MP, (chatting to his office manager), who didn’t join us! Wilfully intentioned, lazy or blissfully unaware? V disappointing.

“THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TRUMP!!! NOW I AM GONNA BUY SOME MOTHA FU*KIN GUNS!!!” A quote from one of those pardoned yesterday!

Who said this, a German criminal investigator in 1934 or a US criminal investigator in 2025; “if you commit acts of violence, as long as you do so on behalf of a politically powerful person you may be able to escape consequences”

Will Reform Ltd now take money from an avowed Nazi and its ‘members’ embrace his philosophy?

Dear Elon .. a simple colour coded graph to help your pickled ketamine brain..

Conservative MP Joy Morrissey says; “Taplow is a beautiful and historic village, it must not be bulldozed over by Labour”. Where would you build then, (not just “not here”)? A village near mainline rail network, near the UK’s biggest city, motorways just north and south; Taplow perhaps?

1978; going up in the lift/elevator of the Campanile, Venice, a loud American suddenly interrupted the silence; “why does no one ever speak in elevators?” he asked of everyone. My friend replied, “because we’re not all fucking Americans!” The cage shook with silent laughter! Nothing changes.

The Local Government Association has published this useful FAQ on devolution and re-organisation: www.local.gov.uk/our-support/...

Am I missing something or does our MP, Mike Martin, only post on military strategy and war? As our local MP I’d like to hear more about what he’s doing for us in Tunbridge Wells! He may be doing lots but it’s not well communicated.

Reform Tsunami state, I guess councilors are now down to 38 of 18725 which is about 0.2%

Can someone please explain how any MP could abstain on the Tory amendment to have another public inquiry into child grooming? Either you support another delay of 7 yrs or you don’t! Every single LibDem MP was whipped to abstain. Pathetic!!! Mike Martin MP - “vote LibDem and get a Tory”!

Campaigners in coastal Kent are demanding action after the quality of their seawater went from "excellent" to "poor" in six years, which led swimmers to cancel the Deal Boxing Day Dip.

Good article by Ian Dale, a sensible Tory talking with compassion and a bit of thought! Very rare! liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/rob...

FTSE 100 CEO gets more in less than 3 days than average worker pay for a yr. Median CEO pay £4.22m, 113 times average worker. Nothing to do with performance. Shareholder objections ignored. Need worker-elected directors on boards. Let workers vote on exec pay. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Why doesn’t the UK press simply call Stephen Yaxley-Lennon by his proper name? (1) it would split the name recognition and (2) it would prick his ego! C’mon, just drop the other name; using it gives him credibility!

“A mind is like a parachute; to work it needs to be open”!

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Judge Merchan has ordered Donald Trump to appear for sentencing in the hush money case on Jan. 10, 2025. HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🍿

Truly, if Reform win 120 seats at the next election (as predicted in a new MRP analysis but not before 2029 in all likelihood) Britain will be moving towards Germany in the mid-1930s; sleepwalking to national disaster. Argh!! We need to stop this nonsensical, jingoistic narrative.

I really feel that Chris Philp is floundering, criticising but not offering any constructive alternative - surely the Tories can find someone better to shadow Yvette Cooper.

"As resolutions are set for 2025, make it your mission to #EndDomesticAbuse so that no one in #Kent and #Medway suffers. Join the campaign at www.domesticabuseservices.org.uk. #KnowSeeSpeakOut #NewYear #NewYearResolutions "

Of whom was it said “He had a morally disintegrating effect on all whom he had to deal with”? No, not Farage but some quotes are applicable and reusable, huh?

✍ Youth services: prioritised in Europe, neglected in the UK Poland invests in young people; the UK neglects them. A stark contrast in funding shows how opportunity and hope are shaped by priorities.

Dept. of Dubious Efficiency Yields (Dodgy) sounds about right as an agency in which Musk might fail!

The Nazi Party secured 2.63% of the vote in the 1928 election; 18.25% just two years later; the last ‘free election’ was 1932! We’d all better watch out, things can move very quickly if left unchallenged!!

Best line this week; “If at first you don’t succeed …. you’re probably Liz Truss”!