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Tory candidate replaced with toy squirrel after debate no-show
24 June 2024A Tory candidate was empty-chaired at a hustings in her constituency, while a Reform party hopeful was replaced with a pinecone.
‘Every time you think things can’t get worse for Tory campaign, they do’
24 June 2024First the D-Day debacle and now a betting scandal - political editor Paul Francis looks at a Conservative election campaign plagued with setbacks.
‘Whoever wins has the most monumental task ahead’
24 June 2024Education in Kent is facing a crisis on a number of fronts - but how is each party promising to solve it at the general election?
‘It may have been civilised and heckling minimal - but there was one thing missing’
21 June 2024While many were crowded around watching the England game, our reporter was at a general election hustings event where politics was the hot topic…
MP hopeful faces calls to be suspended after social media post
21 June 2024A Conservative vying to be a Kent MP is under fire for posting what Labour says is an antisemitic image on social media.
‘Politics resembles sketch where Yorkshiremen share absurd tales of deprivation’
21 June 2024Why are political leaders obsessed with telling voters about their ‘deprived’ childhoods, asks our columnist.
What would be the impact of a Starmer supermajority?
21 June 2024On the Kent Politics Podcast this week we talk with Labour’s Sevenoaks candidate who tells us what issues residents tell her about on the doorstep.
‘Refugees like me are human just like everyone else’
20 June 2024With the election just two weeks away, we look at what the parties are promising on immigration - and speak to a refugee who now calls Kent home.
Candidates fight for votes at Canterbury hustings
19 June 2024Parliamentary hopefuls in Canterbury attempted to win over voters at a hustings event this evening.
Call for kinder politics after candidate’s billboard defaced with graffiti
19 June 2024An MP has called for “kinder politics” after her general election campaign billboard was defaced with graffiti.
Another general election hustings to be streamed on KentOnline tonight
19 June 2024Candidates are set to be quizzed during another general election husting, set to be live-streamed on KentOnline today.
‘England flags are out in force but would you put up a party political poster?’
18 June 2024With two weeks until the election where are people’s party posters asks our columnist - or has politics become too nasty and voters disillusioned?
Why housebuilding in Kent will only accelerate after July 4
18 June 2024We take an in-depth look at what the main parties are promising for housing and why it means no let up for the county - regardless of who wins.
Hustings held with Medway’s general election candidates
17 June 2024Candidates for the three Medway constituencies faced questions on issues that matter to them in a hustings event.
Peer has whip suspended after calling Kent candidate ‘frit or lazy’
17 June 2024A House of Lords peer has had the Labour whip suspended for his comments about Rosie Duffield.
‘Worrying trend of candidates snubbing hustings is damaging to democratic debate’
17 June 2024It’s wrong for political candidates to evade scrutiny and accountability at hustings debates without good reason, says political editor Paul Francis…
Back-to-back election hustings in Kent to be live-streamed tonight
17 June 2024Back-to-back general election hustings covering three Kent constituencies will be live-streamed on KentOnline tonight.
Parliamentary candidate will not attend hustings due to “constant trolling”
14 June 2024A Labour candidate has announced she will not attend husting events ahead of the general election due to the actions of “fixated individuals”.
Reform UK downplays chances in Kent despite poll putting it ahead of Tories
14 June 2024The Reform UK party in Kent has downplayed the prospects of it winning seats in the county despite a new opinion poll putting it ahead of the Tories.
'If I were elected, I'd decriminalise drugs and sex work, banish borders and scrap school'
14 June 2024After toying with the idea of standing for election, columnist Melissa Todd has revealed her hypothetical manifesto pledges…
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