Time for Change: Campaign for an Independent Green Thanet MP and Ramsgate Mayor

With the UK economy struggling, much of Europe too and few answers from the politicians then electoral reform becomes more important. If the system is failing to provide answers then the system needs changing. Or at least the pace of reform improved. There are simple measures already underway: * UK votes at 16 - following the Scottish referendum decision to allow 16 year old to vote in 2014. time for a global vote at 16 with Brazil and Austria leading the way already. * World Parliament: a democratic assembly for the UN. Mired in delay with the EU and the UN itself agreeing that democracy is required amongst the unelected ministers and bureaucrat of the UN. Time for national elections to be held. * 30% minimum election turnout or elections rerun. With the national party's' membership less than 1% and lower than the RSPB, we have representative democracy that's unrepresentative. And State funding of parties on the quiet. Rerunning elections would require better pol...

Speaking from the Maidstone police headquarters, Chief Constable Learmonth of Kent Police said: “Not many people know that I am a keen film fan so here is some of my favourite police films what I like that I found in the mucky films cupboard after Pughsley took most of the really naughty ones home for review. These are classic though: 1. Scarface. Just goes to show what can happen if you can allow a flood of drugs into the region whether it be Florida with them Cubans or my patch with Belgium via Ostend then Manston and the like, with them narco-states like Guinea and Mali too. Crack down on crack dens is what I say! Nice use of electro-pop on the soundtrack as well. And unfortunately the only policeman is a rotten apple copper failing to root out the drugs dens and supply routes. The exception becomes the emphasis. Sigh. 2. Serpico. One policeman’s lone fight on rooting out corruption. Tell me about it. Within the bleedin’ police department as well. I ask you. Luckily in Kent ...

On 3rd June 1940 the evacuation of 338,000 British troops from Dunkirk was completed. The return to Dunkirk on 4th June removed 26,000 French troops just on that last day too. The hundreds of Little Ships saved the army from total defeat - risking drowning and gunfire over days. And all sailed from Ramsgate. The archetypal example of the public sector failing and the public having to step forward and do it for them. But this year’s anniversary? Nothing. Sunk without a trace. The 70th anniversary of D-Day and Operation Fortitude tomorrow? Another of Kent’s finest hours. Nothing. Stuck in the mud. We seem to have the complete collapse of tourism activity in East Kent now. And the graves are not kept clean. Ground Zero. Year Zero. Failed. Time for Change.

Pinewood Studio has had its £200m expansion plan rejected by the local authorities as of two weeks ago. The development of over 100acres of green belt was felt to be too intrusive – and many of the film set “streetscapes” to simply be more housing on green belt. The expansion plans would have doubled the studio capacity to over 100 acres as part of the filming plans for JJ Abrams’ Star Wars new franchises for next year, and the new James Bond movie. Lord Grade, Pinewood’s Chairman confirmed development will allow the creation of 3,000 jobs and over £150M for the wider UK economy in securing the Star Wars franchises, along with further development of the existing Leavesden Studios. Clearly UK film is expanding with the new Brad Pitt zombie and pandemic movie World War Z premiering yesterday with Angelina Jolie, and shot at Leavesden and also Pfizer’s Discovery Park laboratories in East Kent. While, the BFI is reaching out to UK organisations to participate in its UK Audience Net...