Despite residents, campaigners and councillors from Folkestone and Sandgate insisting that for the new Shorncliffe development to go ahead required a widened road bridge at Horn Street, Shepway Development Control decided... against making that a condition on the developer.
There has been an increase in ther number of large lorries parking (and often "overnighting") on Sandgate Esplanade.
Liberal Democrats have always believed that Britain should be outward facing, collaborating with other countries to tackle global challenges. Our membership of the European Union allows us to do that.
I am devastated and I am angry. Today we wake to a deeply divided country. Nigel Farage's vision for Britain has won this vote, but it is not a vision I share.
As Counting Officer for the SHEPWAY voting area at the referendum held on 23 June 2016 under the European Union Referendum Act 2015, and having been authorised to do so by the Regional Counting Officer, I hereby give notice that I have certified the following:
In my opinion, a decision to leave the European Union would be a major tragedy.
Dear Reader
Yeah, right. I was always voting Remain.
This morning with my kids all I could think about was the family who've woken up with their lives changed forever.
A year ago, I posted about the inability of Shepway District Council to accept an online debit / credit card payment for the renewal of a parking permit.
I don't know about you, but I am sick to death of statistics, numbers, one side saying in and one saying out. What or who do people believe? It's confusing, frustrating, and leaves people more confused than they were when this whole fiasco started.
On 2 June, there is a chance to hear Paddy Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, speaking in Kent for the IN campaign. He will be alongside speakers from the other main political parties.