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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: Forrester's & Livingston Planning continued...
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Wednesday, 29 July 2015. Forrester's and Livingston Planning continued. There are many times where an original text goes before an editor and is changed for numerous reasons and although I agree with changes I also feel I should post the original article in its original tone. Here is the text that went onto the Medway Libdems webpage. First off the bat I should describe the planning issues. There ar...
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: The LibDems' Titanic revival
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Tuesday, 12 May 2015. The LibDems' Titanic revival. Five years ago I made a prediction. About the fate of the party in the General election in 2015. Sadly, I was right. Sadly I was right again. Last Friday night as we sat waiting for the Local vote mulling over the General election the Titanic. Soundtrack came onto my I-pod and I pictured the scene where Thomas Andrews, Titanic'. Over the weekend wh...
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: September 2014
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Sunday, 28 September 2014. The news broke yesterday, whilst I was at a wedding, that Mark Reckless had defected to UKIP from the Conservative party. This was somewhat of a surprise to me but I really guess it shouldn't have. I totally hadn't considered that he would defect. Apparently I wasn't the only one. According to Mark's website. He has thought this through extensively, something I can well be...
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: March 2015
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Thursday, 19 March 2015. Two more local Tories defect to UKIP. Today the Medway UKIP were proud to announce that they are now the third biggest party in the Council having leapfrogged us (LibDems) having gained two new councillors via defection. The big question is; Is this a prologue for May’s elections? Some might say that they have swapped sides because they saw which way the winds were blowing b...
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: November 2014
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Friday, 21 November 2014. Rochester and Strood by-election results. Well, after a very long night and a couple of hours snatched sleep I thought I’d write about what the heck happened yesterday. What does this mean for Medway politics in the local election (held on the same day as the General)? Well it could lead to one of two outcomes. The second is that with the removal of resources could force th...
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: July 2014
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Thursday, 17 July 2014. How I met Your Mother finale review. I’ve just watched the final episode of season 9 of the Hit US sitcom How I met your mother. Which, if you haven’t seen it is the story of how Ted meets the mother of his children and the love of his life. Need I say *Spoiler alert* ahoy? The series has taken up the mantle left by Friends. Hurry up and get married for Pete’s sake! Unnamed m...
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: Two more local Tories defect to UKIP
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Thursday, 19 March 2015. Two more local Tories defect to UKIP. Today the Medway UKIP were proud to announce that they are now the third biggest party in the Council having leapfrogged us (LibDems) having gained two new councillors via defection. The big question is; Is this a prologue for May’s elections? Some might say that they have swapped sides because they saw which way the winds were blowing b...
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: Bye-Bye Liberal Democrat dreams
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Friday, 8 May 2015. Bye-Bye Liberal Democrat dreams. I reworded Don McLean's "American Pie" a few years ago so that it would be about the possible dissolution of the party in the 2015 election. Last week I tweaked it in case of. Well. What happened on Thursday night. Any way, here it is. A long long time ago. I can still remember how Nick Clegg made me feel,. An' I knew that if I had my chance,.
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: Enough of this Tories are bad with railfare BS
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Thursday, 19 March 2015. Enough of this Tories are bad with railfare BS. With my book deadline pushed ack to the end of the month and still a lot of work to do but. I have taken ten minutes (odd) to question this latest Labour Tweet, the second of which I've seen in the last two weeks:. 8212; TrisOsborne (@cllrtrisosborne) March 18, 2015. The good ol' days of Cheap travel only 20 years ago! Let's co...
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway: January 2015
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The Ginger Liberal from Medway. National and Local politics from a Liberal Democrat from Gillingham, Kent. Wednesday, 28 January 2015. Anti-social behaviour in Gillingham South. Police patrolling Valley road tonight. Last night I attended the Valley. Oad neighbourhood watch at the Sturdee. Venue Though I don't live. It was suggested I went along by. Diana Smith as I knew about a couple of the issues from first hand experience. I did not have time. To confront them and the hall has since been locked.