It's about politics in Medway
“and is conscious of the serious risks arising for the United Kingdom from exit without a withdrawal agreement…’
Tracey Crouch MP voted No
Kelly Tolhurst MP voted No
Rehman Chishti MP voted No
Tracey Crouch MP voted Yes
Kelly Tolhurst MP voted Yes
Rehman Chishti MP voted Yes
In which we take a look at what Medway’s three MPs have been up to in Parliament this week..
Continue reading “The Week in Westminster, 26 Jan”
We are interrupting our regular schedule for the rest of the week to bring you an examination of how each local political party appears to be preparing for the May 2019 elections.
We begin today with the Medway Conservatives.
The Medway Conservatives have been in control of Medway Council for 16 years of the 21 years that it has existed. Since 2003, they have held an unbroken run of running the council. That level of success can very easily breed complacency, and complacency can breed incompetence. Could the party be heading for a reckoning in May?
From the signs coming from within the local party, that may well be the case.
Continue reading “Much ado about Tories”On 17 Jan 2018:
Tracey Crouch voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
Kelly Tolhurst voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
Rehman Chishti voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
Parliament isn’t currently sitting and we need to fill this slot somehow, so let’s take a look at what each MP has been up to over the past year!
Continue reading “2018 in Westminster”
Just time for a quick roundup of the week in Medway politics..
This week the government lost three votes in the House of Commons;
MPs backed calls to have a direct say in the final deal, called for the government to publish the full legal advice regarding the Brexit Deal, and historically the Government was found in contempt of parliament.
With 2 of Medway’s 3 MPs having recently quit the Government and declared they could not support the PM’s deal, how did they vote?