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Steven Keevil

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Kent Columnist of the Year Chair Second Chance Medway Write https://www.localauthority.news/t/interviews Mentor Medwayish

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · Aug 12

Was a personal highlight this weekend on @kentcurrent.news after I had the pleasure to interview @davemckean.bsky.social creator of the great graphic novel Cages and a film favourite Mirromask.

www.kentcurrent.news/p/i-was-inte...

“I was interested in creativity, it is my God as it were”

What we asked Dave McKean, comic creator, artist, musician and filmmaker

www.kentcurrent.news

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 1d

Cc @bestforbritain.org

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 1d

Another one falls in Kent.

Reform has suspended county councillor Robert Ford after a complaint was made about him by 'several female members of staff.'

The party said that Cllr Ford refused to engage with the complaints process, so he has had the whip removed pending a disciplinary process.

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Local Authority @localauthority.news · 2d

Can Medway make you happy? It's an idea we're keen to explore with our new live event concept.

Find out how to get involved 👇

Can Medway make you happy?

A new live forum for real conversation and real action on Medway’s future

www.localauthority.news

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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 2d

Curious that the KM believe local people can only know about licensing changes if the KM is paid to feature them as opposed to just, you know, writing about them as news stories.

KentOnline @kentonline.co.uk · 2d

He says the plans would shut local people out of decisions that affect their daily lives...
Full story here: www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/we...

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 3d

I can only vote for the guy once right?

Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 3d

He’s right

Shoplifting is justified for Brits living in poverty, says Green Party's new hard-left leader Zack Polanski - and he says he would do it himself if he was poor

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 3d

Quote: I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember this too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick. Stewart Lee

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Arfur Towcrate @arfurztowcrate.bsky.social · 4d

Thatcher said "The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

The trouble with capitalism is that if you run out of other people's money, you can do it again with a new limited company

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 6d

🌍 | Highest ever Green polling (15%).

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 6d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 6d

A new live forum for real conversation and real action on Medway’s future

Can Medway make you happy?

A new live forum for real conversation and real action on Medway’s future

www.localauthority.news

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 7d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 7d

It's properly unconscionable that the Home Office has created this situation. It should never have been allowed to happen and once it did happen it should have been immediately reversed.

The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 7d

🚨BREAKING: The metropolitan police
arrest a man for carrying a copy of our magazine. This is a threat to both journalism and freedom to protest

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 7d

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 7d

I love how Russell T Davies always uses his platform to fight for progress - I hate how it is always so necessary

nicola @gleanniucha.bsky.social · 7d

Please, if good television matters to you, repost or repackage this video until everyone you follow has seen it

#televisionmatters

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Kent Current @kentcurrent.news · 7d

In our new weekly briefing this week:

🤬 Kent county councillor calls resident a 'f@?kwit' in testy exchange.
💷 KCC hits financial reality
🌳 Could Kent MP be the next Tory leader?
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Conspiracies and far-right rhetoric in Faversham and Ramsgate
🗞️ News in brief
🎟️ The week ahead

A quiet test of the rules at County Hall

Plus KCC hits financial reality, could a Kent MP be the next Tory leader, an lots more

www.kentcurrent.news

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 10d

Political reporters continue to cover the centre-left according to the old standards of honesty and legality while shrugging at the right: "Ah well, you know what these guys are like. What can you do?"

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10d

Here is a thing that I hear from *almost every British Jew I know* but have barely heard expressed in any of these programmes: No single person has done more to make Jewish people globally less safe than Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 12d

Harrietsham Lenham & North Downs (Maidstone) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 50.4% (+38.8)
🌍 GRN: 18.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 14.0% (-2.6)
🔶 LDM: 9.7% (New)
🏰 HER: 4.0% (New)
🙋 Ind: 3.0% (New)

No Ind (-57.8) or LAB (-13.9) as previous.

Reform GAIN x3 from Independent.
Changes w/ 2024.

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Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 12d

Megalopolis

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 13d

Can highly recommend Melissa’s recommendations

Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 14d

It's #buyastrangerabook day.

Now then, if you'd like a book, but aren't quite sure what, just let
@melissaschuh.bsky.social know the kinda stuff you like reading.

Melissa will then reply with a choice of four books.

You can choose your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!

Get in touch.

UK only

Dr. Melissa Schuh @melissaschuh.bsky.social · 14d

🤗

Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚

@biggreenbooks.bsky.social

Steven Keevil @stevenkeevil.bsky.social · 14d

Hi
Could I get Carl’s Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 2)?

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Journalism.co.uk @journalismnews.bsky.social · 15d

Spotting advocacy disguised as research: A field guide: How to recognise when 'report' is really a media campaign and what to ask before you publish

Spotting advocacy disguised as research: A field guide

How to recognise when 'report' is really a media campaign and what to ask before you publish

dlvr.it

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19d

And a SECOND win in the night!!!

Huge congratulations to @ashfordgreenparty.bsky.social for their successful win.

Great to see Greens winning right across England and Wales.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19d

🎉 GREEN BYELECTION WIN!

💚 Delighted we just won this seat in Manchester.

🙌🏼 Huge congratulations to brand new councillor Zoe Marlow and the whole team.

👉🏼 Join.greenparty.org.uk

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 15

Great to visit Woodhouse Park, Manchester!

A crowd this big for a local council byelection is incredible!

We’re seeing this energy right across England & Wales as @greenparty.org.uk grows fast.

Be part of it:
👉 join.greenparty.org.uk

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 22d

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point

How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

www.bbc.co.uk

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