And a SECOND win in the night!!! Huge congratulations to @ashfordgreenparty.bsky.social for their successful win. Great to see Greens winning right across England and Wales. Join.greenparty.org.uk

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

All happening at Kent County Council

We all need to Make Racism Wrong Again.

Anybody want a free book?!

I can personally attest that Melissa makes great suggestions

Here's another #buyastrangerabook day offer. If you let @stevenkeevil.bsky.social know what kind of books you enjoy, Steve will make a few suggestions and buy you the one you like the sound of best! So, get in touch. UK only

This week's Dispatch is out now...

Great to have @jamesomalley.co.uk writing for the @kentcurrent.news www.kentcurrent.news/p/its-time-f...

Absolutely !!!insane!!! to me that the UK government, lobby and newspapers litigate at length every minor infraction by the BBC, rival newspapers, or what some random columnist has posted. But all of them just carry on not even commenting about this media owner. He’s not hiding, he’s telling you!

Great scoop 👇🏼

As a fan of the Origin Stories podcast and book series, it was a pleasure to meet @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and ask if it's the hope that kills you.

Slightly diminish a book The Princess Bridesmaid

In the latest edition of @localauthority.news I spoke with Sarah Malone the newly elected Parish Councillor for the Isle of Grain and Ben Hopkins gives his appraisal of Gillingham FCs season so far

Excellent episode of this podcast

'But PR will let the far right in!' is THE most common retort against electoral reform. Have a listen to @emmacampaigner.bsky.social DEMOLISH that stance on today's show. 👇🎧

For male right-wing MPs it is called "overzealous estate planning". For Rayner the rules are very different and, based on those uneven rules and the appetite by MSM for her head, she is probably toast. How appropriate to have spent the last month studying how Medusa's story has been twisted.

7. Hope lies in the recognition that the left can also change the system. That the left too can mount a radical challenge to business as usual. It lies in twigging that elections here haven’t been won from the centre in years, and that this, if we can grasp the potential, can be used to good effect.

Congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for winning the leadership of @greenparty.org.uk Now just need @medwaygreens.bsky.social to have a positive outcome to their leadership issues and will feel some sense of positivity.

It's pretty obvious that incitement to violence (ostensibly a police matter) is OK with this government as long as the targets are trans. Unless the message is that you can say whatever you like online with no consequences

In this weeks @kentcurrent.news - Maidstone Borough Councillor Claire Kehily about her petition for a memorial to Maidstone Witches. - The latest in our serialised look at the work of Dan Abnett this time Star Trek, McDonald's Happy Meals & Alton Tower's Nemesis www.kentcurrent.news/p/rememberin...

Wow. Powerful. Needed. Along with the support of all who hope for peace.

Unsurprisingly Your Party isn’t my party. #AnarchyInTheMedway

I think what makes the present moment so maddening is that these people are eminently beatable

Here, @lewisgoodall.com really describes the essence of how Labour (like other social democrats in Europe) contributes to the normalization of the far right and to shaping public opinion against immigration. Because they have given up on challenging far-right narratives...

In which I tried to interview Councillor Vye of Reform UK for Local Authority: Independent news for Medway www.localauthority.news/p/we-live-re...

This week on the Kent Current, I sat down with former MEP Dr Tim Aker. We talked about his role with the Federation Small Business, his doctoral thesis on Margaret Thatcher and his book, The First Brexiteer. www.kentcurrent.news/p/you-get-a-...

In this weeks @kentcurrent.news @edjennings.bsky.social reported on Kent County Council Reform Councillors posed for photos with known far right fascists No other Kent publication covered this Read the story Share the story Subscribe www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...

Great scoop from Kent Current www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...

🔴 The Reform and Conservative Politicians Mingling With Neo-Nazis and Fascists at Asylum Hotel Protests The recent wave of anti-migrant protests are providing a bridge between right-wing elected politicians and extremist groups bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/t...

For this weeks @localauthority.news interview I spoke with fellow @midkentcollege.bsky.social and @bournemouthuni.bsky.social alumni Jacob Granger of journalism.co.uk About his new job role, mental health in journalism and advice for new podcasters. www.localauthority.news/p/we-are-hum...

Yeah like racists still have hobbies and try to ruin them for everyone else but GCs tend to make transphobia the only thing they do

Once more for the evening crowd. Still no response from anyone in the photo or Reform leadership at County Hall.

In this weeks Kent Current I started talking to Dan Abnett about the various IP's that he has worked on. Starting with #DoctorWho And spoke with @rhysdgriffiths.bsky.social about the @folkestonedispatch.substack.com www.kentcurrent.news/p/the-prolif...

In this weeks @localauthority.news I spoke with; - Esther Johnson about her excellent Activity Books - Heather Burgess about Lift Off! at Sun Pier House - And I sadly reviewed Pam Exotic Jerk www.localauthority.news/p/activity-b...

I don't like to trail things early, but oh boy do we have a hell of a story coming up on @kentcurrent.news later this week.

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We're lucky to have journalists trying different models of providing local news in Kent and Medway. This article is definitely worth a read. If you haven't subscribed to @localauthority.news, @kentcurrent.news or @folkestonedispatch.substack.com yet, take a look. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/r...

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After a long wait, I finally interviewed River Medway for @localauthority.news We talked about their new musical 'Here & Now', how they became River Medway, and what people can look forward to at Medway Pride www.localauthority.news/p/just-becau...

Was a personal highlight this weekend on @kentcurrent.news after I had the pleasure to interview @davemckean.bsky.social creator of the great graphic novel Cages and a film favourite Mirromask. www.kentcurrent.news/p/i-was-inte...

Your regular reminder that the left/right political axis originally comes from the goddamn seating plan for the French National Assembly in 1789.

Something for everyone

I hope other companies are paying attention to the M&S situation. They bring a vexatious complaint with no substance at all, you issue a cowardly apology and completely sell out your employee, they reject your apology and call for a boycott anyway. You can't reason with unreasonable people.

Ahead of Medway Pride I sat down with Hilary Cooke for Local Authority: Independent news for Medway We talked about her time as a ship builder, what brought her to Medway and how they came to set up Medway Pride. www.localauthority.news/p/there-was-...

I really wish we had this in England. So many indies have been (sometimes quietly) expelled from parties for being bonkers. Voters are rarely told about it, especially with a much-diminished local press

There's currently 20% off 'I Am The Law' in the 2000 AD webshop, if you want to read about how a comic book explains how we ended up with genocide in the name of 'security' and pensioners opposing that genocide getting arrested... shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB...