Kent’s Pothole Stats Contradict Each Other: Press Release vs FOI Figures
Newspapers, or bloggers aren’t like the government… if we make state-ments we have to prove they’re true. Kent’s highways story this winter has offered a gentle [...]
Cllr Linden Kemkaran
Reform UK’s Paranoid “Coup” Claim in Kent: Political Theatre Meets the Hard Limits of the Law
By any normal standard of political language, accusing the Prime Minister of plotting a “coup” against Kent County Council is the sort of thing you say when you’ve run [...]
“Like Nuclear Weapons”: Kent County Council Approves Political Assistants — Taxpayer Cost Up to £98,564 a Year (Plus On-Costs)
“If my enemy has one, then I ought to have one.” That was the Christmas-season dilemma put to Kent County Council this week as members voted to approve taxpayer-funded [...]
Kent County Council Political Assistants: Reform UK Plan Could Cost Taxpayers Up to £98,564 a Year in Salaries (Plus On-Costs)
Kent County Council will be asked at Full Council tomorrow (Thursday 18 December) to approve the creation of Political Assistant (agenda item 11) posts for qualifying [...]
Kent County Council’s Own Population Projections Show an Ageing Crisis That Depends on More Migration and Births – While Its Reform UK Leaders Attack Both
When the leader of Kent County Council, Cllr Linden Kemkaran – pictured, went on KMTV after Rachel Reeves scrapped the two-child benefit cap, her message was blunt. [...]
KCC Leaders Meet Sir Roger De Haan in Folkestone: What’s on the Public Record?
A set of photographs posted online by Cllr John Baker (Reform UK, Kent County Council) shows a small delegation meeting in Folkestone with Sir Roger De Haan, followed by what [...]
UK Shareholder Register Gag: Companies Act 2006 Sections 116–119 Chill Public Scrutiny
In modern Britain, public money flows out through contracts every day — from Whitehall to county halls, from councils to the NHS. And so a simple, legitimate question [...]
Everything Adds Up Except the Future: How Kent’s £1.25bn Budget Balances on Delay, Denial and Disappearing Millions
Kent County Council’s Draft Statement of accounts 2024/25 have arrived — spreadsheeted, formatted, and radiating confidence — with what appears to be a balanced and [...]
Refugee Turned NHS Nurse: The Case for Investing in English Classes, Not Cutting Them
Why cutting English classes for refugees is a false economy—and how one NHS nurse proves it. Rishan T (pictured) is not here to judge. She is here to care. At 26, Rishan is [...]
Dumb, Dangerous and in Charge: Reform UK’s Procurement Tantrum Should Terrify Every Voter in Kent
What happens when you hand the toolkit of the state to people who don’t even know what the spanners are for? In Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig [...]
Reform UK’s £140m Cuts at Kent County Council: Are the Most Vulnerable Paying the Price?
Kent County Council (KCC) is undergoing one of the most far-reaching restructures in its history. Following Reform UK’s dramatic electoral win in May 2025, the new [...]