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Perhaps of interest to people in the North East Kent Conurbation Confusingly Known As Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs. #thanet
Thanet is obviously a place with its own needs and interests, distinct from most of Kent, though somewhat similar to Medway. It needs to be a unitary authority now, and one that trials new forms of democratic engagement. (Local government dysfunction helps the far right here.)
Thanet also needs to rethink its relationship with its rural/agricultural hinterland. At the moment much of it is an intensively farmed wasteland with a ruinous out-of-town shopping centre in the middle. It needs to be joined up to the towns, and to the visitor offer.
Less than two weeks to go before the GE and the Thanet South campaign is shaping up to be a classic; @RGordon_Nesbitt, a Labour socialist committed to building a vibrant local and national economy and a democratic public culture vs. a hard right, hard Brexit incumbent.
If you want to help paint another piece of the crumbling Tory South East definitively red, then come and join one or more of the daily canvassing sessions in Cliftonville, Broadstairs, Ramsgate and Sandwich. #margate #thanet
Regular high speed trains from London, bracing sea air, more Grade 2 listed doors to knock on than Bath, an inspiring manifesto, fish and chips to finish. What more do you people want?
