These were the three topics discussed when I appeared live this morning on BBC1 for Politics South East.
Category: News
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.
Equality and social justice must prevail
It goes without saying that the General Election result leaves Labour with a need to reflect, review and re-group.
Multi-generational living in Margate
Our district and county councils have converted an hotel into a home for multi-generational living. BBC Radio Kent invited me to comment.
A new hospital for Canterbury or pre-election bluster?
Boris Johnson’s announcement of a new hospital for Canterbury is highly questionable. Is it pre-election bluster? Is it a threat to the NHS in Thanet?
Children and adolescents mental health debated in Ramsgate
We had difficult but very positive meeting on children and adolescents mental health on September 27th.