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.
Category: Media
Press and media coverage of interest to Newington, Ramsgate and Thanet residents and businesses.
Seeing Red: Turning to Christmas and food bank demand
Seeing Red is my regular column in The Isle of Thanet News. This opinion piece was first published on December 6, 2022.
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.
“Of course there’s poverty, but is there destitution?”
South Thanet MP, Craig Mackinlay has come in for heavy criticism after our head-to-head on Politics South East last weekend. Watch here and make your own decision.
Seeing Red: Isn’t it time for positive change?
Seeing Red is my regular column in The Isle of Thanet News. This opinion piece was first published on November 7, 2022.
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.
Seeing Red: Our NHS is ripping apart at the seams
Seeing Red is my regular column in The Isle of Thanet News. This opinion piece was first published on October 10, 2022.
Seeing Red: Fracking and a failing economy.
Seeing Red is my regular column in The Isle of Thanet News. This opinion piece was first published on September 26, 2022.
Fracking and the energy crisis
On Sunday 25th September I was again invited onto Sunday Politics on BBC1 to discuss support for residential and commercial energy bills, and the lifting of a moratorium on fracking in the UK.