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Open letter to Leader of Kent County Council, Cllr Linden Kemkaran and Chief Executive Amanda Beer
Dear Cllr Kemkaran and Ms Beer,
We, the undersigned, are writing to express our concern about the recent motion regarding violence against women and girls (VAWG), put to Kent County Council (KCC) ~~>
Dear Cllr Kemkaran and Ms Beer,
We, the undersigned, are writing to express our concern about the recent motion regarding violence against women and girls (VAWG), put to Kent County Council (KCC) ~~>
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On 20th November, vote Kim Slater – Equality Party.
For egalitarian, people-first politics.
For decisions made for communities, not parties.
For collaboration, fairness, and policies that benefit us all.
Find out more - https://equalityparty.org.uk/
#VoteKimSlater #EqualityParty #Nov20Election
For egalitarian, people-first politics.
For decisions made for communities, not parties.
For collaboration, fairness, and policies that benefit us all.
Find out more - https://equalityparty.org.uk/
#VoteKimSlater #EqualityParty #Nov20Election
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
On 20th November, vote Kim Slater – Equality Party.
For egalitarian, people-first politics.
For decisions made for communities, not parties.
For collaboration, fairness, and policies that benefit us all.
Find out more - https://equalityparty.org.uk/
#VoteKimSlater #EqualityParty #Nov20Election
For egalitarian, people-first politics.
For decisions made for communities, not parties.
For collaboration, fairness, and policies that benefit us all.
Find out more - https://equalityparty.org.uk/
#VoteKimSlater #EqualityParty #Nov20Election
Sports Connect Thrive425 Project is about to start. It is a free 12 week programme supporting females aged 24+ who are unemployed through a hollistic approach with various sporting activities within the Thanet area. @thisgirlcanuk.bsky.social @thanetcouncil.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Sports Connect Thrive425 Project is about to start. It is a free 12 week programme supporting females aged 24+ who are unemployed through a hollistic approach with various sporting activities within the Thanet area. @thisgirlcanuk.bsky.social @thanetcouncil.bsky.social
Coming up on Tuesday 11 November at St John the Baptist Church Hall, Margate: the Less Alone More Alive! Workshop. Brought to you by network member Changing Minds Kent and the Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Coming up on Tuesday 11 November at St John the Baptist Church Hall, Margate: the Less Alone More Alive! Workshop. Brought to you by network member Changing Minds Kent and the Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
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Well said Peter..
I hate doing this, because people are just people. But:
82% of the UK's population are white.
86% of the UK's MPs are white.
88% of people in the ads below (comments) are white..........
I hate doing this, because people are just people. But:
82% of the UK's population are white.
86% of the UK's MPs are white.
88% of people in the ads below (comments) are white..........
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Well said Peter..
I hate doing this, because people are just people. But:
82% of the UK's population are white.
86% of the UK's MPs are white.
88% of people in the ads below (comments) are white..........
I hate doing this, because people are just people. But:
82% of the UK's population are white.
86% of the UK's MPs are white.
88% of people in the ads below (comments) are white..........
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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28th September was safe abortion day. This article is a reminder that the work is not yet done. www.stylist.co.uk/news/politic...
September 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
28th September was safe abortion day. This article is a reminder that the work is not yet done. www.stylist.co.uk/news/politic...
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Causes for the closure include “the impact on tourism of post-Brexit border controls.”
Brexit was, is and will always be a disaster.
Visit Kent shuts down: a warning sign for UK tourism kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/business/tra...
Brexit was, is and will always be a disaster.
Visit Kent shuts down: a warning sign for UK tourism kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/business/tra...
Visit Kent shuts down: a warning sign for UK tourism
The sudden closure of the Canterbury-based tourism agency is a blow to the Kent economy and raises questions about the government's approach
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Causes for the closure include “the impact on tourism of post-Brexit border controls.”
Brexit was, is and will always be a disaster.
Visit Kent shuts down: a warning sign for UK tourism kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/business/tra...
Brexit was, is and will always be a disaster.
Visit Kent shuts down: a warning sign for UK tourism kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/business/tra...
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ESSENTIAL READING:
Nigel Farage Wants to Tear Up Indefinite Leave to Remain - and Deport Legal Migrants in Britain
Reform UK’s so-called “Boriswave” rhetoric is a fantasy built on cruelty, cooked-up numbers, and Trump-style authoritarianism.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage Wants to Tear Up Indefinite Leave to Remain - and Deport Legal Migrants in Britain
Reform UK’s so-called “Boriswave” rhetoric is a fantasy built on cruelty, cooked-up numbers, and Trump-style authoritarianism.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage Wants to Tear Up Indefinite Leave to Remain - and Deport Legal Migrants in Britain
Reform UK’s so-called “Boriswave” rhetoric is a fantasy built on cruelty, cooked-up numbers, and Trump-style authoritarianism.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
ESSENTIAL READING:
Nigel Farage Wants to Tear Up Indefinite Leave to Remain - and Deport Legal Migrants in Britain
Reform UK’s so-called “Boriswave” rhetoric is a fantasy built on cruelty, cooked-up numbers, and Trump-style authoritarianism.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage Wants to Tear Up Indefinite Leave to Remain - and Deport Legal Migrants in Britain
Reform UK’s so-called “Boriswave” rhetoric is a fantasy built on cruelty, cooked-up numbers, and Trump-style authoritarianism.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
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Reform conference sponsored by crypto firm and tobacco company with Russian ties
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform conference sponsored by crypto firm and tobacco co...
Questions have been raised over Zebec’s shell company registration and Japan Tobacco International’s links to Russia
observer.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Reform conference sponsored by crypto firm and tobacco company with Russian ties
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Imagine a world where women felt safe to live their lives: youtu.be/i9HailWorf4?...
Imagine a world | SAFE SPACES NOW | UN Women UK
YouTube video by UN Women UK
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Imagine a world where women felt safe to live their lives: youtu.be/i9HailWorf4?...
Imagine a world where women felt safe to live their lives: youtu.be/i9HailWorf4?...
Imagine a world | SAFE SPACES NOW | UN Women UK
YouTube video by UN Women UK
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Imagine a world where women felt safe to live their lives: youtu.be/i9HailWorf4?...
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Reform UK Councillors
Mandy Clare arrested for assault and criminal damage
Sam Journet arrested for stalking and harassment
Daniel Taylor arrested for threatening to kill his wife
Andy Osborn police probe over malicious election comments
Mandy Clare arrested for assault and criminal damage
Sam Journet arrested for stalking and harassment
Daniel Taylor arrested for threatening to kill his wife
Andy Osborn police probe over malicious election comments
September 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reform UK Councillors
Mandy Clare arrested for assault and criminal damage
Sam Journet arrested for stalking and harassment
Daniel Taylor arrested for threatening to kill his wife
Andy Osborn police probe over malicious election comments
Mandy Clare arrested for assault and criminal damage
Sam Journet arrested for stalking and harassment
Daniel Taylor arrested for threatening to kill his wife
Andy Osborn police probe over malicious election comments
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Not a good look for the Reform UK Leader of Leicestershire CC Dan Harrison…
Shouting match at Ashby Town Council meeting over Footpath O89
ashby.nub.news/news/local-n...
Shouting match at Ashby Town Council meeting over Footpath O89
ashby.nub.news/news/local-n...
Shouting match at Ashby Town Council meeting over Footpath O89
A shouting match broke out at an Ashby Town Council meeting between Leader of Leicestershire County Council Dan Harrison and town councillors
ashby.nub.news
September 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Not a good look for the Reform UK Leader of Leicestershire CC Dan Harrison…
Shouting match at Ashby Town Council meeting over Footpath O89
ashby.nub.news/news/local-n...
Shouting match at Ashby Town Council meeting over Footpath O89
ashby.nub.news/news/local-n...
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Reform councillor is arrested by police on suspicion of stalking, harassment and public disorder after accusing colleagues of 'corruption' and 'posting picture of female official online'
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Reform councillor is arrested on suspicion of stalking and harassment
EXCLUSIVE: Councillor Sam Journet was arrested at Basildon council's headquarters, where three officers detained him on Monday morning over the allegations.
www.dailymail.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Reform councillor is arrested by police on suspicion of stalking, harassment and public disorder after accusing colleagues of 'corruption' and 'posting picture of female official online'
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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No comment needed…
September 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
No comment needed…
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“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“Nigel Farage says….” has been the headline of the decade.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Look at what he does, ffs.
Look at his tax affairs.
Look at his grifting.
Look at his lies.
Look at his prejudice.
Look at his allies.
Look at his manifesto.
Look at his Brexit.
He is the embodiment of personal greed and national failure.
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings - The Guardian
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings - The Guardian
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The survivors of the Epstein paedophillia is triggering for every person who has suffered child sex abuse. It brings their memories back too.
The women at the press conference are so brave to come forward. All power to them.
The women at the press conference are so brave to come forward. All power to them.
September 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The survivors of the Epstein paedophillia is triggering for every person who has suffered child sex abuse. It brings their memories back too.
The women at the press conference are so brave to come forward. All power to them.
The women at the press conference are so brave to come forward. All power to them.
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My Journey with LGBT+ Refugees.
Behind every asylum claim is a life unrepeatable, wounded, sacred.
We need to see beyond statistics and into the soul of the journey: from persecution to pride, from fear to healing.
Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/9wu67vte
@spiritoftherainbow.bsky.social
Behind every asylum claim is a life unrepeatable, wounded, sacred.
We need to see beyond statistics and into the soul of the journey: from persecution to pride, from fear to healing.
Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/9wu67vte
@spiritoftherainbow.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My Journey with LGBT+ Refugees.
Behind every asylum claim is a life unrepeatable, wounded, sacred.
We need to see beyond statistics and into the soul of the journey: from persecution to pride, from fear to healing.
Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/9wu67vte
@spiritoftherainbow.bsky.social
Behind every asylum claim is a life unrepeatable, wounded, sacred.
We need to see beyond statistics and into the soul of the journey: from persecution to pride, from fear to healing.
Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/9wu67vte
@spiritoftherainbow.bsky.social
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🗣️"To use women's lives as a political prop while simultaneously advocating for politics that would harm them is hypocrisy at its ugliest."
Our reflections on shocking comments made by Farage this week 👇
leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
Our reflections on shocking comments made by Farage this week 👇
leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
Nigel Farage’s weaponisation of women’s safety to further his anti-immigration stance is harmful to us all
'To use women’s lives as a political prop while simultaneously advocating for politics that would harm them is hypocrisy at its ugliest.'
leftfootforward.org
August 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🗣️"To use women's lives as a political prop while simultaneously advocating for politics that would harm them is hypocrisy at its ugliest."
Our reflections on shocking comments made by Farage this week 👇
leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
Our reflections on shocking comments made by Farage this week 👇
leftfootforward.org/2025/08/nige...
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The danger we face is not asylum seekers in hotels. It is a political culture that dresses racism in pink and calls it protection while cutting services victims need to survive.
Any government serious about ending VAWG must stop blaming migrants and start resourcing the frontline.
Any government serious about ending VAWG must stop blaming migrants and start resourcing the frontline.
Safety for women and girls will not be delivered through deportation flights or court battles, warns Cat Linton of migrant charity Hibiscus.
Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls
www.bigissue.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The danger we face is not asylum seekers in hotels. It is a political culture that dresses racism in pink and calls it protection while cutting services victims need to survive.
Any government serious about ending VAWG must stop blaming migrants and start resourcing the frontline.
Any government serious about ending VAWG must stop blaming migrants and start resourcing the frontline.
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Vital conversations about violence against women are being hijacked by an anti-migrant agenda.
We're one of 100 expert orgs working to end violence against women urging the government to address the harmful and dangerous weaponisation of VAWG #NotInOurName
We're one of 100 expert orgs working to end violence against women urging the government to address the harmful and dangerous weaponisation of VAWG #NotInOurName
100+ women’s rights groups warn against racist weaponisation of VAWG | End Violence Against Women
The End Violence Against Women Coalition is one of more than 100 women’s rights groups that have today (19th August 2025) written a joint letter to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action against...
www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
August 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Vital conversations about violence against women are being hijacked by an anti-migrant agenda.
We're one of 100 expert orgs working to end violence against women urging the government to address the harmful and dangerous weaponisation of VAWG #NotInOurName
We're one of 100 expert orgs working to end violence against women urging the government to address the harmful and dangerous weaponisation of VAWG #NotInOurName
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Those genuinely concerned about violence against women must reject its weaponisation, which is harming minoritised communities and our ability to address the issues that need attention: investment in prevention work and funding for the life-changing services that support survivors #NotInOurName
🔴Far Right and the Press Accused of ‘Weaponising Violence Against Women’ to Fuel Hatred of Migrants
Women’s rights groups condemn politicians and the media for spreading false claims about migrants while failing to back calls to fund actual support for sexual violence victims
Women’s rights groups condemn politicians and the media for spreading false claims about migrants while failing to back calls to fund actual support for sexual violence victims
Far Right and the Press Accused of 'Weaponising Violence Against Women' to Fuel Hatred of Migrants
More than 100 women's rights groups condemn politicians and the media for spreading false claims about migrants while failing to back calls to fund actual support for sexual violence victims
bylinetimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Those genuinely concerned about violence against women must reject its weaponisation, which is harming minoritised communities and our ability to address the issues that need attention: investment in prevention work and funding for the life-changing services that support survivors #NotInOurName
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