Whilst the vigil in Clapham for Sarah Everard made headlines for all the wrong reasons, here in Ramsgate a smaller affair passed peacefully and safely.
Category: News
Condemning the Kent County Council tax hike
Are you feeling the pinch? You’re not alone, 1000’s of Thanet tax payers are fighting to make ends meet and a tax rise is on the way.
Sewage in our seawater!
Our local beaches are valued public amenities. But are they safe? Yet again we have a report of a discharge of sewage into the sea. This time at Joss Bay.
A gate for Harbour Street
Pedestrianised between 9am and 5pm, but drivers ignore the signs. This Ramsgate street needs a gate – for safety’s sake.
Free school meals, children’s mental health services and covid births
These were the three topics discussed when I appeared live this morning on BBC1 for Politics South East.
We want better for Ramsgate Port
I’m really pleased that we have such great progress at our port. Improvements planned for Brett Aggrigates has been put on hold until an Environmental Impact Assessment has been carried out.
A lockdown in Kent and a Brexit gridlock?
This video is an edit of KMTV’s weekly political discussion programme transmitted on 16 October 2020, showing the contributions I made as Kent County Councillor for Ramsgate.
We don’t want Mackinlay’s bad statues
Our MP’s idea for a sculpture park for the likes of Edward Colston and Saddam Hussein is offensive to the people of Ramsgate.
Coronavirus: Clear, strategic leadership required
Recent reports of 17 deaths in a single Thanet care home have sent a shudder through our community. People rightly ask “How could that be allowed to happen?”.
PPE – too little too late
Thanet has a PPE crisis. Staff at QEQM are as vulnerable as they are desperate. Our nurses, midwives and health care assistants, are frustrated.