Thanet Strife

Cancer coppers and cancer councillors and cancer civil servants - Kent on Sunday letter:Tim Collins writes eloquently on the potential for reform at Kent Police as elected Commissioner. Aside from a Most Wanted, or removing...

Pinch and a Punch It’s the First of the Month - And in the lead it’s Simon at www.birchington.blogspot.com with a whopping 404 referrals, in second place Tony www.bignewsmargate.blogspot.com with an en...

Leeches. - Engage grumpy mode I have decided not watch the news anymore as I get so angry and frustrated at the stories they run and the attitude they take. The sad s...

STATEMENT FROM OCCUPY THANET - Occupy Thanet was started in response to the many Occupy protests emerging across the world. It is people coming together to ensure that our voices are hea...

Manston Night Flights - A picture tells a thousand words and on the subject of the future of Manston airport and the night flights debate, this one tells it all. Quite how our Lab...

The sea defence diaries 30/01/12 - the coins are now turning up - The top two photographs above were taken during the Christmas period and show the piling around the square head in position. The two p...

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Care by Kid Rock (featuring Martina McBride and T.I.) - I heard this for the first time today and cant stop playing it I posted the Lyrics on my other blog Kentallinoneplace's Blog

East Kent Hospitals - Turn back the clocks - If you thought the idea of an evening spent listening to local councillors, debate next years council budget was depressing, you'd be right, however the p...

Child Poverty in Thanet hits 25% - *Another dubious honour as Thanet tops the list of poorest areas in Kent.* When it comes to child poverty Thanet is well ahead of the pack with a quarter o...

I have added Ville Views and Will Scobie to the select bunch of blogs here. -

Day of Action!!!! - I see that the public sector unions are on strike today... Good luck to them , but it would help if they were on the picket lines!!! I know at least 7 fami...

The airport stays silent......... - ......well it makes a pleasant change from having dangerous ageing freight crates overhead in the dead of the night! But I'm not talking about the planes. ...

Guardian 5th August 2011 - Ramsgate is the most foodie of the Thanet towns, and with its royal marina and water-facing alfresco cafes, flirts successfully with that semi-mythical b...

Should Thanet Councillors Have Free Food and Drinks? - My previous story on Conservative Thanet District councillors receiving free alcohol and food after Council meetings has attracted a lot of comment. I rai...

Home Gym and Steam Room - After facebook discussions on a COPD group as promised a piccie of the shed I used to use as home gym. I built a cubicle across one corner as a steam r...

Hi De Hi Clampers - I talked to a lorry driver this week who was absolutely livid, he'd allegedly just been clamped and charged £ 250.00 for release at the Co-op/Somerfield pe...

Tobin Tax - Robin Hood tax - Same sort of thing: a terrific video: http://robinhoodtax.org.uk/ As they say though: very complex. Almost impossible. Complex. Impossible. Original pos...

New Edinburgh Route from KIA - SCHEDULED flights will return to Manston airport in May with a new route between Thanet and Edinburgh. Owner Infratil and airline Flybe announced a deal to...

WELCOME! ITS BEEN 12 PLANTING SEASONS SO FAR! - Trees for Thanet Projects Map . (Click on map and all photographs for enlarged detail) What it's all for! A one year old hedge with a 6m headland full of in...

Archbishop a "Commie B*****d" - THE STONE HALLS and precincts of Canterbury and Rochester Cathedrals are echoing to hushed, urgent gossip this evening, as it was revealed that an aide ...

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