Posted on April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 by The Political MedwayThe Week in Medway Politics, 14 April Our Stories State of the candidates 2019 Political Figures: Can independents win? The giant pachyderm in the council chamber iFAQ: So, farewell then, Rehman Chishti Recap: The final Cabinet of term Virtual Doorstep: Three weeks to go! Delayexit Top Tweets Tickets are going fast for our Medway Leaders' Debate between Alan Jarrett of @MedwayTories and @vincemaple of @MedwayLabour. It's next week at @MidKentCollege and we'd love for you to join us. Full details here: https://t.co/srmrJrBBNb— The Political Medway (@MedwayPolitics) April 8, 2019 We put out an ad for the upcoming debate on Facebook and let's just say people are PUMPED about local democracy. pic.twitter.com/aOZk6RC4Mt— The Political Medway (@MedwayPolitics) April 8, 2019 On today's vote on whether to extend Brexit until June 30, @Rehman_Chishti voted no – implicitly supporting crashing out this Friday – while @tracey_crouch and @KellyTolhurst abstained. https://t.co/WycimFygpu— The Political Medway (@MedwayPolitics) April 9, 2019 https://twitter.com/MedwayPolitics/status/1116119409121165314 May is a big month for us. Local elections, full council, and now Euro elections all need covering, It'd be great if we could do that without losing money. We're 27% of the way to making that happen, and we really appreciate any help getting over the line: https://t.co/MqQy73junc pic.twitter.com/Nsmh3vaDVo— The Political Medway (@MedwayPolitics) April 11, 2019 We're delighted that Mike 'The One Man Rainbow Coalition' Walters, the @MedwayLibDems candidate for Rainham South, has popped up on social media! His first tweet: He's sacking his election agent, fellow Lib Dem candidate, @JohnCastle4. Cracking stuff. https://t.co/fItPlqIyfL— The Political Medway (@MedwayPolitics) April 12, 2019 Medway Political Parties Medway Conservatives And that concludes the final meeting of Cabinet ahead of #medwayelection19 – Leader Alan Jarrett thanks all Portfolio Holders for their hard work & for the seismic changes they have made to Medway with particular thanks to Cllr. Andrew Mackness who will not be seeking re-election— Medway Conservatives (@MedwayTories) April 9, 2019 https://twitter.com/MedwayTories/status/1116334732055392256 Medway Labour Gamblers lost £1.82bn to #FOBT machines in 2016.New regulation to help minimise harm from problem gambling will drastically reduce this, but #bookmakers are already exploiting #loopholes in the new laws. https://t.co/dwh1lT87DW— Medway Labour (@MedwayLabour) April 10, 2019 https://twitter.com/MedwayLabour/status/1116705862368800768 Medway UKIP Medway Liberal Democrats Medway Greens Still hoping that Medway MPs @KellyTolhurst @tracey_crouch and @Rehman_Chishti will join some of their Conservative colleagues and sign this motion. #ClimateEmergency #GreenNewDeal https://t.co/xTvcGyVyFw— Medway Green Party (@medwaygreens) April 8, 2019 Worried about losing our green spaces on the #HooPeninsula and elsewhere in Medway? Today the Green Party pledged to bring decisions about land use into the hands of local people. #GreenMedway #VoteGreen #MedwayElects19 #Peninsulahttps://t.co/25NUPNtlgN— Medway Green Party (@medwaygreens) April 9, 2019 In the forthcoming local elections voters in Medway have the chance to vote for a different kind of political party – the Green Party.Listen to our election broadcast and on May 2nd #VoteGreen to make change happen.#GreenMedway #MedwayElects19 https://t.co/2xpqZoWbUD— Medway Green Party (@medwaygreens) April 12, 2019 In Other News Medway Council looks set to launch a bid to be the 2025 UK City of Culture. #LDReporter— Dean Kilpatrick (@DemocracyDean) April 8, 2019 Concerns about the quality of road repairs in Medway have been raised after a councillor spotted workmen spending just 10 minutes to fix five potholes near her house. #LDReporter pic.twitter.com/kN4UZjcvWL— Dean Kilpatrick (@DemocracyDean) April 8, 2019 People are being urged to register to vote in the local elections by 12 April, but only about a third use their ballot. What is putting them off? https://t.co/RrrJoJrurO— BBC South East (@bbcsoutheast) April 9, 2019 If you missed our tweets last night-here's a round up of @PrideinMedway final.https://t.co/2TTeWrSK5q pic.twitter.com/yXnguAuVbv— Medway Messenger (@MedwayMessenger) April 12, 2019 Rehman About Town Multitasking, childminding and working! It’s school’s Easter Half Term good to have my young nephew Dawud from Napier School Gillingham in the Westminster Office shadowing me for the day. pic.twitter.com/bgMqIYdVzZ— Rehman Chishti (@Rehman_Chishti) April 10, 2019 https://twitter.com/Rehman_Chishti/status/1116208251736080384 https://twitter.com/Rehman_Chishti/status/1116363060426440706 https://twitter.com/Rehman_Chishti/status/1116656650167963648 https://twitter.com/Rehman_Chishti/status/1117360856038301697 Share:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Related