Thanet Parkway station only has 300 users per day. I have long maintained that this station is quite simply in the wrong location and that Thanet didn’t need yet another station.
Category: General

Thanet Parkway Station. A dangerous white elephant.
Thanet Parkway railway station opened this morning. At a cost of at least £45 million and rising – the final bills aren’t in.

Catching up on Academy FM
This weekend I was the guest on Academy FM, aiming to keep it bright and breezy, despite the weather, the strikes and the cost of living crisis.

NHS crisis: who’s to blame?
Craig Mackinlay hasn’t got a clue about our NHS. The Tories have stripped it out and ignored research and advice presented to them.

South Thanet Art Auction
On Thursday 8th December 7PM Churchill Tavern, Ramsgate. All monies raised will go to South Thanet Labour Party.

Manston asylum seekers – the Government need to do much better.
I was asked by Sangita Myska, LBC news presenter what I thought about Suella Braverman’s language and what the issues are here in Thanet.

Poverty: Thanet is at the sharp end
I reminded KCC we’ve been dealing with a cost of living crisis in Thanet for some years now, which hits the vulnerable most hard. Watch the video.

Manston. Ok, this is a lengthy read.
RSP have been granted permission to develop an air cargo hub at Manston. I have been seeking answers from the man at the top, Tony Freudmann.

Sharing my 2022 goals with Thanet
Setting out my ambitions for Ramsgate in 2022. A conversation with Paul Rutterford on local radio station, Academy FM.

Cost of Living Crisis hitting home
There is no doubt that there is a cost of living crisis, most of us are feeling the pinch! Government should act. Hear my Radio Kent interview on the topic.