Speaking from the Great British Shakespeare room at Maidstone Police HQ Chief Constable Alan Pughsley said:
"Many people have congratulated me on the Kent Police haiku from last week and asked for more. Especially as in the bustle of our everyday policing days it's often relevant to take time out and reflect on reform - whether that be procurement, tasering junkies and dealers, wider social policy or verse.
That's why I'm delighted to be continuing the Meiji Kent initiative to promote such activities through the medium of haiku.
I wandered lonely as a cloud on my beat
Winter draws in
Many pensioners dead from cold"
Chief Constable Pughsley went on to point out that no more than £50M of the Kent Police £300M budget would be spent on poetry, and the cost would anyway be far cheaper than normal Kent council corruption or social failure.
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Tim's Titbits:
* a useful meeting at TDC this week on the 100 SE Rd garden-grabbing - some initial reluctance to take action but realisation of just a monstrous carbuncle. I'm surprised at Daniel Gent Construction and Ward and Partners participating in this sort of thing. And certainly TDC have plenty of grounds, given the Local Plan and National policy to reject this sort of blight. Photos to follow.
* TDC in last week's Private Eye yet again with Rotten Boroughs and "Wells Hung" article on Manston and resignations and the bizarre story of Freudmann struck off as a solicitor and Head of Shropshire council(!) and his lawfirm partners letting his car tyres down(!).
* Remembrance Day and Myanmar elections fall on the same day tomorrow - and for the UK's Forgotten War sparklingly well-maintained Commonwealth War graves across Burma and Thailand. Not in Vietnam though - and hideous failure by the Australian War Graves organization too.
* KORA and 2LB underway.
* EKFOS and Pav under discussion: astonishing oversight by Visit Kent given the Spectre James Bond movie - the largest UK film ever and after Skyfall - the previous largest UK film ever. And of course East Kent's links to Bond and Fleming whether the 007 bus or Moonraker rockets under the cliffs. The latest UK exports reports has film tourism specifically as contributing £2BN in income/investment to UK.
* Slipways and Port seems to be slipping around again. Just a mess.
* While illegal parking: pedestrian zones, yellow lines and on pavements is as bad as ever.
* Lord Grabiner of GLickGate's LIBOR report to follow and still no sign of Judge Smith's suitcases.
* And with airport luggage prominent given the Egypt bomb at SharmAlSheik has resulted in much tighter security - worth noting the EgyptAir 3am flights into Manston when it was closed and also into Ostend. Buchanan of Lydd as with Freudmann and Infratil and Gloag seem to have had a loose if not downright incompetent and dangerous approach to running airports. As KCC Leader I will seek jail sentences for them.
* Excellent Daily Mail investigation into public sector fatcats and bloat and FOI:
http://tinyurl.com/nekvqx7 £737k for one Police Scotland Deputy Chief Constable? Ridiculous.
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* Maidstone cultural desert: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/kent-town-branded-bland-cultural-45990/
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* North Kent 10th worst place to live: Demos/PWC report: http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/maidstone-and-north-kent-tenth-45950/
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* Excellent review by Ed Targett of KCC fossil fuel and tobacco investments: http://greentargett.com/2015/10/20/fags-and-crude-for-kents-pensioners/
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* Myanmar: Aung San election as of midnight local time: winning 97% of first 119 seats.
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