[calvin plummers socks]

 dim view, on 12 May 2025 - 08:42 AM, said:

I repeat....
What's needed is direct action by Kent County Council, controlled by Reform. They should make Starmer sxxt himself.

Kent County Council??
They deal with bins and potholes (really badly as it goes) - they have nothing to do with boats - wow

[dim view]

calvin plummers socks, on 12 May 2025 - 09:09 AM, said:

Kent County Council??
They deal with bins and potholes (really badly as it goes) - they have nothing to do with boats - wow

Just cos I repeat, it doesn't mean you have to.

Kent County Council
Council-wide responsibilities
We have a responsibility to:

seek to improve the lives of all residents in Kent and economy of Kent
act as corporate parent to the council’s looked after children
take an active role in promoting and ensuring the council’s responsibilities for safeguarding are met.
.......

Introduction
This document represents the shared vision of Pas-de-Calais Council and Kent County Council for the
maritime and coastal area known as Dover Strait or Pas de Calais. It presents a strategic guideline on
how that vision may be achieved, through committed joint actions. It has been drawn together based
upon experience and knowledge at the local level, combined with exploration of cross border
management of straits from across Europe...........

[Burgerman]

dim view, on 12 May 2025 - 09:49 AM, said:

Just cos I repeat, it doesn't mean you have to.

Kent County Council
Council-wide responsibilities
We have a responsibility to:

seek to improve the lives of all residents in Kent and economy of Kent
act as corporate parent to the council’s looked after children
take an active role in promoting and ensuring the council’s responsibilities for safeguarding are met.
.......

Introduction
This document represents the shared vision of Pas-de-Calais Council and Kent County Council for the
maritime and coastal area known as Dover Strait or Pas de Calais. It presents a strategic guideline on
how that vision may be achieved, through committed joint actions. It has been drawn together based
upon experience and knowledge at the local level, combined with exploration of cross border
management of straits from across Europe...........

This could be the single most effective council in the country after having wiped out the Tories. The have enough punch to give this government a black eye and my guess is they will.

[Burgerman]

calvin plummers socks, on 12 May 2025 - 09:09 AM, said:

Kent County Council??
They deal with bins and potholes (really badly as it goes) - they have nothing to do with boats - wow

You're correct, they do but I'm surprised you think that's all they have responsibility for. What about Social Care, Education, Child social care, community grants, Leisure and the Dover Straits as mentioned above, the list goes on and on. Why do you think they don't have the same responsibilities as any other County Council?

[dim view]

Burgerman, on 12 May 2025 - 10:05 AM, said:

You're correct, they do but I'm surprised you think that's all they have responsibility for. What about Social Care, Education, Child social care, community grants, Leisure and the Dover Straits as mentioned above, the list goes on and on. Why do you think they don't have the same responsibilities as any other County Council?

His history is that he doesn't like debate. He's a Statement man. Wow.

[calvin plummers socks]

 dim view, on 12 May 2025 - 10:08 AM, said:

His history is that he doesn't like debate. He's a Statement man. Wow.

Not a lot to debate though!
Some great talking by Starmer this morning - already doing more to sort out immigration in a few months with some proper adult planning than all those years of the previous regime

[Goku]

Burgerman, on 12 May 2025 - 10:05 AM, said:

You're correct, they do but I'm surprised you think that's all they have responsibility for. What about Social Care, Education, Child social care, community grants, Leisure and the Dover Straits as mentioned above, the list goes on and on. Why do you think they don't have the same responsibilities as any other County Council?

Why are you expecting him to write out every single thing a council is responsible for when he is clearly making a general point about councils not being responsible for direct action in relation to small boats?

[Misnomer]

 calvin plummers socks, on 12 May 2025 - 10:11 AM, said:

Not a lot to debate though!
Some great talking by Starmer this morning - already doing more to sort out immigration in a few months with some proper adult planning than all those years of the previous regime

Is he - what's he doing 'to sort' it out?

[dim view]

Goku, on 12 May 2025 - 10:14 AM, said:

Why are you expecting him to write out every single thing a council is responsible for when he is clearly making a general point about councils not being responsible for direct action in relation to small boats?

That's a very big general point. It could only be made by an expert. Aren't Councils responsible for any direct action? Wow.

[Burgerman]

Goku, on 12 May 2025 - 10:14 AM, said:

Why are you expecting him to write out every single thing a council is responsible for when he is clearly making a general point about councils not being responsible for direct action in relation to small boats?

That's a very big generalisation in my book. I read it as he believes that County Councils have very little responsibility apart from minor things.

I can see where you're going now

[calvin plummers socks]

 dim view, on 12 May 2025 - 10:29 AM, said:

That's a very big general point. It could only be made by an expert. Aren't Councils responsible for any direct action? Wow.

It’s not difficult - Kent County Council have no jurisdiction on the borders of Kent.
Government / Police / Forces / Border Force / HM Customs and Excise.

Not some chancer in a cheap suit with a Reform rosette