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Tim Prater explains why he's standing for the most marginal County Council seat in Kent: Cheriton, Sandgate and Hythe East.

Another Fine Mess...
Lynne Beaumont has slammed the new littering warden system as hitting the wrong targets.
Nuclear Dump Consultation Cost Taxpayers THOUSANDS
Conservative Shepway Council's consultation on building a Nuclear Dump has cost all over £40,000.

Flashback: Campaigning to Keep Folkestone Post Office Open in 2004
2004: Lynne Beaumont and Shepway Lib Dems campaign against the proposed closure of Folkestone Post Office. The Post Office refused to listen, and under the last Labour Government closed the office and moved instead into cramped facilities in WH Smith's.

Lynne Beaumont to fight for Folkestone and Shepway in Folkestone Park by-elections
Strong local campaigner Lynne Beaumont will be fighting to win seats on Folkestone and Shepway Councils in two forthcoming by-elections.
We miss Lynne
SHEPWAY council are doing a grand job aren't they? Very soon we will be free of pesky outsiders blocking our streets with their cars, and staying at our hotels, and what about all those who use our shops? We can do without them, who wants their money anyway.
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