Folkestone: Up There With Rio
What do Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Puerto Viejo, Taipei, Hokkaido, Ponza & the Pontine Islands, the Kent Coast, Stockholm, Doha, Cesme Peninsula, Atlanta, Nahanni National Park and Ireland have in common?
New boundaries for the 2024 General Election.
From the 2024 General Election, the Parliamentary Constituency of Ashford will (pretty ridiculously, in our opinion) include the District of Folkestone and Hythe wards of North Downs East and North Downs West, in addtion to the Ashford Borough Council seats of:
Aylesford & East Stour, Beaver, Bircholt, Bockhanger, Bybrook, Conningbrook & Little Burton Farm, Furley, Goat Lees, Godinton, Highfield, Kennington, Mersham, Sevington South with Finberry, Norman, Park Farm North, Park Farm South, Repton, Roman, Singleton East, Singleton West, Stanhope, Victoria, Washford, Willesborough, Wye with Hinxhill.
The Ashford seat therefore stretches pretty much to the coast, across an area that in no way could be called Ashford: Ashford and North Downs, maybe.
What do Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Puerto Viejo, Taipei, Hokkaido, Ponza & the Pontine Islands, the Kent Coast, Stockholm, Doha, Cesme Peninsula, Atlanta, Nahanni National Park and Ireland have in common?
A 54 word article by Andy McSmith in the Independent's "Village People" column this week has caught my eye.
This event is a photo call to mark the end of a year of celebration for the guiding movement. I have been privileged to have attended many of the events this year and this final ceremony was tinged with sadness at the end of a very long party. The Guiders and Trefoil members however, are looking forward to a little more rest from the constant organising.
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