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Former Lib Dem parliamentary candidate resigns from the Lib Dem group

Former Lib Dem parliamentary candidate resigns from the Lib Dem group

Liberal Democrat Councillor Andy Stamp has resigned from the group on Medway Council for personal reasons.
Cllr Stamp, who is currently the youngest serving member of Medway Council, had already resigned as Deputy Leader of the group, which paved the way for Cllr Sheila Kearney to take the Gillingham North councillor’s place.
Labour blogger Tristan Osborne posted [...]

Medway Council austerity? Not with this new job…

Medway Council austerity? Not with this new job…

It seems that, for all the talk of austerity, Medway Council hasn’t quite got the memo that waste needs to be cut – and The Sunday Times has caught up with them.
According to the (linked) Atticus column, penned by Roland White, Medway Council is advertising for the author’s chosen “non-job” of the week – a [...]

Chatham Labour candidates for 2011 announced

Chatham Labour candidates for 2011 announced

Labour’s candidates for the 2011 local elections have been announced – via one of the candidates’ twitter feed.
Amongst the selections for the two wards are the three sitting councillors in Chatham Central and Medway blogger Tristan Osborne for what was once Labour’s safest seat, Luton and Wayfield.
Chatham Central councillors Vince Maple (pictured), Julie Shaw and [...]

Everything that’s wrong with local politics

Everything that’s wrong with local politics

It’s not often that I find myself agreeing with Labour blogger Tristan Osborne, but his summary of the frankly childish Not The Medway Labour Blog as representing ‘gutter politics in Medway’ could not be truer.
Someone (clearly not a fan) has taken it upon themselves to create a primitive, perhaps, one might say, neolithic attack blog [...]

LW: Conservatives gain third seat by four votes

LW: Conservatives gain third seat by four votes

In an amazing final twist to the eventful Luton and Wayfield by-election, the Conservative candidate, Tashi Tamang Bhutia, won the poll by just four votes.
According to AlanWCollins‘ sources, a recount was called after a first result in which the Labour Party believed they had won by more than thirty votes.
Early indications suggested that turnout in [...]

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