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NFFC, Scooters, Music, Comics and books....oh and pints.
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The reports in question were presented today and can be read here: democracy.kent.gov.uk/ieListDocume... (see under item 5 on the agenda)
Agenda for Cabinet on Wednesday, 19th November, 2025, 10.00 am
democracy.kent.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The reports in question were presented today and can be read here: democracy.kent.gov.uk/ieListDocume... (see under item 5 on the agenda)
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🏫 SCHOOLS DEBT: It gets worse. The deficit on the schools' budget (DSG) has ballooned to a staggering £133.4m.
Reform admits it will now fail to meet the targets set in the 'Safety Valve' agreement with the Government.
Reform admits it will now fail to meet the targets set in the 'Safety Valve' agreement with the Government.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🏫 SCHOOLS DEBT: It gets worse. The deficit on the schools' budget (DSG) has ballooned to a staggering £133.4m.
Reform admits it will now fail to meet the targets set in the 'Safety Valve' agreement with the Government.
Reform admits it will now fail to meet the targets set in the 'Safety Valve' agreement with the Government.
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💔 SOCIAL CARE CRISIS: Adult Social Care is overspending by £50.9m.
Why? Because they promised £20m in savings they knew they couldn't deliver. They are abandoning our most vulnerable residents to pay the price for this gross mismanagement.
Why? Because they promised £20m in savings they knew they couldn't deliver. They are abandoning our most vulnerable residents to pay the price for this gross mismanagement.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
💔 SOCIAL CARE CRISIS: Adult Social Care is overspending by £50.9m.
Why? Because they promised £20m in savings they knew they couldn't deliver. They are abandoning our most vulnerable residents to pay the price for this gross mismanagement.
Why? Because they promised £20m in savings they knew they couldn't deliver. They are abandoning our most vulnerable residents to pay the price for this gross mismanagement.
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🛑 PANIC MEASURES: Council officers have now ordered an immediate halt to all "non-essential spend." (e.g. preventative work that saves money in the long term)
This policy will grind services to a halt, punishing residents for the Administration's incompetence and political instability.
This policy will grind services to a halt, punishing residents for the Administration's incompetence and political instability.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🛑 PANIC MEASURES: Council officers have now ordered an immediate halt to all "non-essential spend." (e.g. preventative work that saves money in the long term)
This policy will grind services to a halt, punishing residents for the Administration's incompetence and political instability.
This policy will grind services to a halt, punishing residents for the Administration's incompetence and political instability.
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📉 THE DECLINE: In just three months (Q1 (end June) to Q2 (end Sept) the forecast overspend has gone up by 66% from £27.9m to £46.5m.
The Council's own report admits this scale of failure is "unprecedented" and a "critical risk" to our financial resilience.
The Council's own report admits this scale of failure is "unprecedented" and a "critical risk" to our financial resilience.
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
📉 THE DECLINE: In just three months (Q1 (end June) to Q2 (end Sept) the forecast overspend has gone up by 66% from £27.9m to £46.5m.
The Council's own report admits this scale of failure is "unprecedented" and a "critical risk" to our financial resilience.
The Council's own report admits this scale of failure is "unprecedented" and a "critical risk" to our financial resilience.
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🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-bbc/
Stop the orange man baby dictator from meddling in anything to do with the UK.
Stop the orange man baby dictator from meddling in anything to do with the UK.
Petition: Defend BBC independence from Trump’s interference
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
stoptrump.org.uk/petition-bbc/
Stop the orange man baby dictator from meddling in anything to do with the UK.
Stop the orange man baby dictator from meddling in anything to do with the UK.
@trenamanmartin.bsky.social
On ToTP again....do you get royalties 😂
On ToTP again....do you get royalties 😂
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@trenamanmartin.bsky.social
On ToTP again....do you get royalties 😂
On ToTP again....do you get royalties 😂
@ianm45.bsky.social
Can see you all over this!
Can see you all over this!
What’s wrong babe? You’ve hardly touched your Gregg’s Benedict.
October 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
@ianm45.bsky.social
Can see you all over this!
Can see you all over this!
@paulbernal.bsky.social
I presume you've seen this and are, err, unsurprised?
I presume you've seen this and are, err, unsurprised?
October 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
@paulbernal.bsky.social
I presume you've seen this and are, err, unsurprised?
I presume you've seen this and are, err, unsurprised?
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If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself — and it’s from 1933.
#JimmyKimmel
#JimmyKimmel
September 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself — and it’s from 1933.
#JimmyKimmel
#JimmyKimmel
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Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?
September 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
I always like to read in print, Paul Hayward is right to champion this imo.
I always like to read in print, Paul Hayward is right to champion this imo.
Football journalism needs defending – it won’t surrender ...
The term ‘match report’ is misleading, and serves no purpose in describing what football journalism does
observer.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...
I always like to read in print, Paul Hayward is right to champion this imo.
I always like to read in print, Paul Hayward is right to champion this imo.
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Reform aren’t far right, remember?
Five of Reform's Kent Councillors took a group photograph at a Maidstone protest including this man who attended draped in the flag of the neo-fascist British Movement
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...
www.kentcurrent.news/p/kent-refor...
August 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Reform aren’t far right, remember?
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The Story of a Professional Mod
ScooterNova are proud to have an exclusive interview with Dean Orton in Edition 51 (September/October 2025) of the magazine, as he prepares to launch his first book, A Life In Lambretta.
ScooterNova are proud to have an exclusive interview with Dean Orton in Edition 51 (September/October 2025) of the magazine, as he prepares to launch his first book, A Life In Lambretta.
The Story of a Professional Mod
ScooterNova are proud to have an exclusive interview with Dean Orton in Edition 51 (September/October 2025) of the magazine, as he prepares to launch his first book, A Life In Lambretta.
scooternova.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Story of a Professional Mod
ScooterNova are proud to have an exclusive interview with Dean Orton in Edition 51 (September/October 2025) of the magazine, as he prepares to launch his first book, A Life In Lambretta.
ScooterNova are proud to have an exclusive interview with Dean Orton in Edition 51 (September/October 2025) of the magazine, as he prepares to launch his first book, A Life In Lambretta.
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I post lots of stuff for free, for your and my entertainment, and that's the way I've always liked it.
I do earn my living from selling my work, so if you feel like supporting my cartoons are popular and I draw each one individually - they're not prints. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
I do earn my living from selling my work, so if you feel like supporting my cartoons are popular and I draw each one individually - they're not prints. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
July 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I post lots of stuff for free, for your and my entertainment, and that's the way I've always liked it.
I do earn my living from selling my work, so if you feel like supporting my cartoons are popular and I draw each one individually - they're not prints. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
I do earn my living from selling my work, so if you feel like supporting my cartoons are popular and I draw each one individually - they're not prints. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
June 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
@marpsdavid.bsky.social
Hi mate, are you still doing TFTS?
Hi mate, are you still doing TFTS?
June 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@marpsdavid.bsky.social
Hi mate, are you still doing TFTS?
Hi mate, are you still doing TFTS?
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It's a Nottingham Clock.
The bell is named after Hucknall boxer Ben Caunt (buried in the same church as Byron) and designed by the guy who did our Cathedral. We also invented the modern Parliament. I could go on, and frequently do until the person I'm talking to gets up and walks away
The bell is named after Hucknall boxer Ben Caunt (buried in the same church as Byron) and designed by the guy who did our Cathedral. We also invented the modern Parliament. I could go on, and frequently do until the person I'm talking to gets up and walks away
#OTD (May 31) in the year 1859: The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time. #OTDIH #history 🗃️ #c19th
Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building. The palace is one of the centres of political life in the United Kingdom; "Westminster" has become a metonym for the UK Parliament and the British Government, and the Westminster system of government commemorates the name of the palace. The Elizabeth Tower of the palace, nicknamed Big Ben, is a landmark of London and the United Kingdom in general. The palace has been a Grade I listed building since 1970 and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
en.wikipedia.org
May 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's a Nottingham Clock.
The bell is named after Hucknall boxer Ben Caunt (buried in the same church as Byron) and designed by the guy who did our Cathedral. We also invented the modern Parliament. I could go on, and frequently do until the person I'm talking to gets up and walks away
The bell is named after Hucknall boxer Ben Caunt (buried in the same church as Byron) and designed by the guy who did our Cathedral. We also invented the modern Parliament. I could go on, and frequently do until the person I'm talking to gets up and walks away
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Best moments. Worst moments. Biggest villain. Biggest moan. Best away day. Worst away day. Things that happened that we forgot actually happened.
All this and more.
open.substack.com/pub/davidmar...
All this and more.
open.substack.com/pub/davidmar...
May 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Best moments. Worst moments. Biggest villain. Biggest moan. Best away day. Worst away day. Things that happened that we forgot actually happened.
All this and more.
open.substack.com/pub/davidmar...
All this and more.
open.substack.com/pub/davidmar...
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If the hard and far right need to blame anyone for “two-tier” policing, they need only look to themselves and the invidious position in which they’ve put officers.
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Liverpool: If there is "two-tier" policing, the hard right is to blame.
Why the police can't win.
open.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If the hard and far right need to blame anyone for “two-tier” policing, they need only look to themselves and the invidious position in which they’ve put officers.
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
My latest, on Liverpool
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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The author of Nigel Farage's economic plans celebrates another job well done
May 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The author of Nigel Farage's economic plans celebrates another job well done