Q&A with Tim Prater for Your Shepway
The Q&A below answers questions posed by Your Shepway newspaper (www.yourshepway.co.uk) by James Alexandre from the paper. And yes, Kurt Cobain really DID touch my hand (Reading Festival, 1992).
18 Jun 2009
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Liberal Democrat News
Tim Prater Goes to Maidstone
It's now been just under a week since I was elected to Kent County Council for Folkestone West - polling day was Thursday and my result only announced around 6.30pm on Friday after a recount. In one of few gains from the Conservatives across the County, the Lib Dems overturned an over 1600 vote majority and I was elected with a massive majority of - er - 11 votes.
13 Jun 2009
Paul Rowen's Letter from Parliament
What a ten days! Six resignations from the Cabinet, and Gordon Brown like a desperate man clutching at straws refuses to stand down or call a General Election.
11 Jun 2009
Lib Dems win historic Euro poll win
Earlier this week the Liberal Democrats topped the poll in South Lakeland in the European Parliamentary election for the first time in history. The votes in the election were counted and declared district by district. In South Lakeland, the Liberal Democrats won 15,447 votes, which is twice the number of votes they received at the last European elections in 2004. This was the first time that the Liberal Democrats had ever come first in a European poll in South Lakeland - in 2004 the Conservatives had topped the poll by more than 7,000 votes, but have now been pegged back to a poor second.
11 Jun 2009
Folkestone's Multicultural Festival 2009: June 11th -June 14th
Folkestone's Multicultural Festival returns for its third year starting tomorrow - and its bigger and better than ever! The festival is run by Folkestone Town Centre Management and is based in the Town Centre, Bouverie Place, Sandgate Road, Guildhall Street, Rendezvous Street and Leas Cliff Hall with international performances exotic food samples and sounds.
10 Jun 2009
Charivari 2009 date announced
Folkestone Charivari organisers Strange Cargo have announced that Charivari 2009 will take place this year on Saturday 11th July. The theme for this year is 'Money' and artist teams will be working alongside students from the district's Secondary schools to create carnival builds to reflect aspects of the theme. A Teachers Masterclass will take place on Wednesday 3rd June, when teachers will be taught how to make the walker costumes with their class when they get back to school.
10 Jun 2009