Our Stories
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
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
Medway Labour
Gamblers lost £1.82bn to #FOBT machines in 2016.
— Medway Labour (@MedwayLabour) April 10, 2019
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 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.
— Medway Green Party (@medwaygreens) April 12, 2019
Listen to our election broadcast and on May 2nd #VoteGreen to make change happen.#GreenMedway #MedwayElects19 https://t.co/2xpqZoWbUD
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
Somehow, we’re back: It’s been a tough year for all of us, and we had to take a little step back from The Political Medway. But we’re back now, and trying to provide as much good, independent coverage of politics in Medway as we can. We are a volunteer run team, and while there’s lots of things we’d like to cover, we only have a finite amount of time and resources we can dedicate to this. If you appreciate what we do, please consider making a one-off or monthly contribution via our Ko-fi. If you aren’t in a position to donate right now, that’s totally cool, and we really appreciate you stopping by regardless.