The Gurkha justice petition on the Government e-petition web site closed last week with over 5,000 on-line signatures, and in response the Government has announced they are reviewing the arrangements for Gurkhas who left the army after July 1997.
Local Lib Dem campaigner Gary Fuller was shocked to discover last week that Kent County Council (KCC) had sent him the name, address, e-mail address and telephone number of a Maidstone resident who, like himself, had made use of their on-line fault reporting system to report broken street lights and other local issues.
A version of the classic anti-war song 'WAR - What is it good for?' is to be released by Tony Blair's "re-formed" university band Ugly Rumours. The producers of the record say: "We need your help to embarrass Tony Blair. If Blair is in the charts, the media will have to report the success of "his" anti-war hit. To have a top 20 hit in the UK you need only approximately 5000 sales. The track costs £1.50 and we will donate all profits to Stop the War Coalition."
There is a meeting of the newly formed Dover, Deal and Shepway NO2ID branch this Monday 19th February at 8:30pm at The Red Lion, Charlton Green, Dover. NO2ID is the UK-wide, non-partisan campaign opposing the government's planned ID card and National Identity Register. It campaigns for the abolition of the ID scheme and repeal of the Identity Cards Act 2006.
Shepway District Council is charging two of its tenants, both of whom are in their 80s, over £70 each for changing the locks to their properties after they had suffered a terrifying attack late last year.
Local Lib Dem campaigner Gary Fuller was shocked to discover that one of the windows in his flat had been vandalised this week. Gary's central Folkestone flat had a window broken - despite being on the first floor. Commenting on the discovery of a crack in his bedroom window, he said:
A campaign by Cheriton residents and the Liberal Democrats has at least partially paid off after Shepway Council decided, for now, not to proceed with the sale of the area of land between Weymouth Road and the Bowls Club.
BBC Kent this morning broadcast an interview and coverage of Darren Briddock's work to get South Eastern Trains to refurbish the passenger tunnel at Folkestone West Station. Morehall campaigner Darren drew attention to the state of the underpass, its impact on tourists visiting our area, and the concerns of local people of using the tunnel at night.
Commenting on Greenpeace's successful High Court challenge of the Government's policy to build new nuclear power stations, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP said:
Lib Dem Campaigner Maureen Kincaid Speller has asked Shepway District Council to have Marshall Street, Invicta Road, Ethelbert Road and Athelstan Road fully swept as soon as possible, after she saw that there was a lot of residual litter lying around in all of them.
Morehall Campaigner Darren Briddock has increased the pressure on South Eastern Trains to redecorate the underpass at Folkestone West station by recording a video showing the state of the tunnel and publishing it to the popular YouTube video site. Darren hopes the move will shame South Eastern Trains into a fast renovation of the tunnel.
Maureen Kincaid Speller has contacted Kent County Council to request the repair of potholes in Greenfield Road, and the repair of the tactile paving on the corners of Greenfield Road and Joyes Road, in Foord, Folkestone.