The Conservative candidate in the River Ward by-election, David Craggs, has beaten Labour’s John Jones by over 70 votes.
With just 25.3% of River Ward’s 5,484 voters either turning out, appointing a proxy or posting their vote, David Craggs secured a 73-vote majority over Labour’s John Jones when votes were declared less than 90 minutes after [...]
In May 2007, voters in Medway’s 22 electoral wards elected 55 councillors to the unitary authority: 33 Conservatives, 13 Labour, 8 Liberal Democrats and 1 independent.
Since then, however, it has been all change on the council “benches”, as three councillors have resigned and four councillors have “defected” or been expelled by their party group.
There (will) [...]
I am seriously annoyed – and I mean seriously (and, believe me, that doesn’t happen very often – at least, not to this extent).
Someone, obviously not content with causing untold misery and chaos to the lives of thousands of motorists passing through Chatham everyday, decided to aggravate a few more people tonight (Monday) with no [...]
Once again, Iain Dale is (almost) right in yesterday’s post lamenting the judicial system in Britain, but his opposition to compensation is misguided.
The fact is, even if Ian Huntley does not receive the full £100k he is seeking, there is a strong possibility that he will receive substantially more than the families of Holly Wells [...]
This blog will be out of action for a week, whilst I take a much-needed holiday in the Turkish resort of Marmaris (pictured by night, left).
It is my first proper holiday for two years (and, indeed, I will land in Turkey two years to the day since I took off from Florida), and I am [...]
