Mark Ellis
markstraffellis.bsky.social
Mark Ellis
@markstraffellis.bsky.social
Liberal Democrat Kent and Borough Cllr Representing Southborough & Bidborough plus North Division in Tunbridge Wells
Reform cabinet members in Kent should be spending more time in Committees (which they keep cancelling) rather than faffing around interfering with the jobs of our hard working librarians.
July 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This week in Kent County Council has been a trainwreck for Reform UK Plc.

But it seems that we are not unique as Reform Councils all over the UK are in a mess.

www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Reform UK councils in ‘shambles’ as newly elected councillors fail to show up
www.independent.co.uk
June 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As a Lib Dem Cllr on KCC, watching this Reform circus is concerning and predictable. Their much-vaunted DOGE cost-cutting drive already in tatters - key figures resigned within days one then came back. Vulnerable residents deserve serious governance, not populist stunts.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK Kent council cost-cutting drive in doubt
Nathaniel Fried resigned from Reform UK on Thursday, following Zia Yusuf's departure.
www.bbc.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If anything demonstrates the failure of Brexit, this is it. – Front page from a paper owned by a Brit living in France 2020. Fast forward 5 years and an article in the same paper by a Florida-based Brit journalist .

Bring back control?
January 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM