Environment
29th July 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
Text of letter published in local press 29-July 2021 (before a weekend of downpours caused roads to flood in our own towns) We see flood catastrophes half day's coach / train trip from East Kent, places visited by many of us for Christmas markets over the years; almost 200 humans and many animals drowned. Floods […]
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DDC
There's been quite a re-shuffle at Dover District Council, presented to full council on Wed 21 July 2021. Some of the Conservative Cabinet changes seem to downplay the work to adapt to, and mitigate, the fast-approaching Climate Crisis. The cross party DDC Climate Change Working Group was ended 2 June 2021 after 18 months of […]
Elections
27th July 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
Thank you to those who encouraged us to try and get a Green voice on DDC, and to stand a candidate in the DDC Sandwich by-election on 19th August 2021, caused by the resignation of MJ Holloway, a Conservative cllr. We wanted to, but our small team of community activists, leafleters and canvassers are exhausted in […]
News
23rd July 2021 / 7th August 2021 by Editorial Team
Letter to East Kent Mercury by Cllr Mike Eddy. Elphicke versus Rashford Among all the justified outrage at our current MP’s comments about Marcus Rashford (Mercury, July 14 and 21), readers have focussed on her attack on Mr Rashford. Marcus Rashford was a volunteer helping to deliver food to people in need before he used […]
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Transport
7th July 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
The 2/7 press release from the Kent and Dover Conservatives in power + Ms Elphicke MP about 2 clearance / port health facilities is full of fantastic adjectives in a cynical, deceptive press release but it cannot hide the truth. The fact that 2 surprise Conservative resignations from DDC happened in June 2021, may indicate […]