Dan Esson 🗿

@TomTugendhat has declared the most interests of any Kent MP, at almost £200,000 worth. About half of that is paid for trips and the like, on which he’s spent 64 days since the start of 2025. He also didn’t feel any need to respond to questions about it kentonline.co.uk/tonbridge/news…

Void Theory of Everything strikes again

Good fun to be back at Uni of Kent last week for a Law School screening of Small Town, Big Riot and a panel discussion. Appreciate the chance to talk about the local politics of protest and conspiracy, and how ultimately these originate in a crisis of representation and parties

When an album they'd made in college became an unlikely inspiration to generations of young rock bands, American Football got back together and hit the road—but can the reluctant Midwest-emo heroes survive midlife? gq.com/story/american…

Kent's youngest cllr, a member of Rupert Lowe's party, has apologised after accidentally sharing a post using the phrase 'sandn******s', and saying Trump and Farage are on the 'Jew Right'. kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/…

@Peter88902568 @CllrKieran Thank you kindly Peter

@dannyesson @CllrKieran Excellent.

Are young people these days all lefties, are they reactionaries in the making, or do they not care at all? Very special edition of the Kent Politics Podcast today, talking to @CllrKieran and Cllr Harry McKenzie about all things youth politics open.spotify.com/episode/4LCUQQ…

High street vibe was very much like Dover, where I'm from, but without any of the scenic beauty to mitigate the oppressive sense of roughness. I once went to a Kiev flea market which felt more prosperous

I went on an excursion to Chatham recently, and saw near enough every feature of British urban social decay: kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/i-…

Some parties are more online than others, and now one of the most online of them all is the third biggest at County Hall. I've written about the new Restore Britain group at KCC, and why the party will never have reach beyond the site which spawned it: kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/the-…

Rupert Lowe's party Restore Britain now has a 7-strong group on Kent County Council. Called the "dregs" by their former Reform UK colleagues, 6 of them got the boot from Reform last year during the leaked video scandal. They're going to vote on a leader next week. Story below

I've collated the registered of interests of every Kent MP from the start of 2025 until now. Almost half a million quid of total declarations, but disproportionately centred on one particular MP and former Tory leadership contender: kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/the-…

Ludicrous state of affairs. Like if Prince William said he firmly believed in the power of dancing to induce rain

In the high streets and suburbs of Britain there is a small but thriving woo woo industry. I’ve written to propose a ‘quack tax’ - the government should impose additional taxes on ‘traditional medicine’, reiki, homeopathy, chiropractors and the like kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/i-ha…

Pahlavi enthusiasts abound in Ramsgate town planning apparently

20 Brunei cents found in our own Darussalam, the woods between Canterbury and Fordwich

Dread to think of the hours and money spent devising alternatives which everybody knows the government will disregard (like one, massive unitary authority). MHCLG should’ve just imposed one and asked for help with the detail

Today Kent’s councils have submitted their business cases for Local Government Reorganisation to Whitehall. I’ve written about the options, whether they’ll help, and why letting them all come up with their own ideas was probably pointless kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/how-…