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Dweetfidilove · 18/10/2025 21:42

Blump2783 · 18/10/2025 21:28

Fuck around find out as they say in the USA. They got what they voted for. They can have my thoughts and prayers. Well the ones who voted for them. I feel sorry for the minority.

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Exactly! I feel sorry for the folks who voted 'against' them. The ones who voted them in or couldn't be bothered to vote to prevent this, can suck it up.

socialdilemmawhattodo · 18/10/2025 21:41

fromthechandelier · 18/10/2025 20:20

It's not so funny for the poor people who work at councils that have become Reform led. I have a couple of family members at Kent Council, the stories I'm hearing are horrific and so stressful for them.

And those of us who are KCC tax payers. It's dreadful. But weirdly enough, and I would NEVER vote for them ie Reform or UKIP, this problem is all due to the prior Tory central govt and dominant Tory Council at KCC. So our bills rise, the boat numbers increase, SEN support in the county falls and adult social care is non-existent. And Brexit/recent immigration changes impact our farms. And we have pot holes. I would not want to be in charge of Kent now.

Tiebiter · 18/10/2025 21:39

The unprofessionalism is quite staggering.

MayaPinion · 18/10/2025 21:36

😂😂😂 Looks like a Vicar of Dibley parish council meeting. Terrifying to think these people are in charge of one of the biggest council budgets in the UK when they clearly haven’t got a fucking clue what they’re doing 😂

Tiebiter · 18/10/2025 21:31

Blump2783 · 18/10/2025 21:28

Fuck around find out as they say in the USA. They got what they voted for. They can have my thoughts and prayers. Well the ones who voted for them. I feel sorry for the minority.

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I'm in Kent and definitely didn't vote for them! I wonder if I can seek asylum to another county? Might just pop down to Sussex in a dinghy.

Blump2783 · 18/10/2025 21:28

Fleetheart · 18/10/2025 20:21

they are an embarrassment but I do feel for the people of Kent who now have this lot in charge

Fuck around find out as they say in the USA. They got what they voted for. They can have my thoughts and prayers. Well the ones who voted for them. I feel sorry for the minority.

Fridgemanageress · 18/10/2025 21:08

Buzyizzy217 · 18/10/2025 21:02

Sorry, but you can’t put Zack Polanski in the same boat as NF. Or even Ed Davey.

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All the greens do sadly is gripe. They don’t have any get up and go to want to win. The are professional opposition party nothing more sadly.

Bjorkdidit · 18/10/2025 21:05

ThatLemonBear · 18/10/2025 20:24

The best thing about all of this is that the more they mess up running councils, hopefully they’ll have less chance of being allowed to mess up the UK. I can but hope

You'd think, but that requires a level of critical thinking beyond the racist idiots who will vote for them because in their tiny minds they're voting for a party that will make all the immigrants magically disappear and their lives somehow better.

They won't think about how the NHS will be even more understaffed than it is now or how lots of other things will fall apart.

Buzyizzy217 · 18/10/2025 21:02

Fridgemanageress · 18/10/2025 20:50

Sadly, I think all politicians are the same - full of it!!

Sorry, but you can’t put Zack Polanski in the same boat as NF. Or even Ed Davey.

Timeforabitofpeace · 18/10/2025 20:57

I have a friend who works with this type. They have elected power over budgets but no clue about statutory duties of LAs. They keep telling the staff not to undertake duties which they must undertake by law. Fucking idiots. Obviously, plenty are resigning , now that they see that things are more complicated than screaming about stopping boats.

Thepeopleversuswork · 18/10/2025 20:55

Fridgemanageress · 18/10/2025 20:50

Sadly, I think all politicians are the same - full of it!!

They may all be full of it but they aren’t all as incompetent as these people.

Timeforabitofpeace · 18/10/2025 20:53

😂

Fridgemanageress · 18/10/2025 20:50

Sadly, I think all politicians are the same - full of it!!

Flakey99 · 18/10/2025 20:46

KCC is now being run by a group of barflys. 🤣🤣

Calcaata · 18/10/2025 20:34

”Chortle my face off”

Think that’s one of the most MN things I’ve heard.

BluntPlumHam · 18/10/2025 20:34

Salemsplot · 18/10/2025 20:19

Are you not getting your share of the £350m a week? I am - set up a direct debit.

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Nope, mine must have got lost in the post. Honestly though, this and the videos
from the Kent council need to be plastered over the news but they’re not.

Thisismadness · 18/10/2025 20:32

Buzyizzy217 · 18/10/2025 20:28

Who are these 17% that thought you were being unreasonable. Clearly not struggling in a reform council as I am. It’s awful!

Someone on a WhatsApp group somewhere will be telling their racist mates to come on and vote/argue pro reform!

Buzyizzy217 · 18/10/2025 20:28

Who are these 17% that thought you were being unreasonable. Clearly not struggling in a reform council as I am. It’s awful!

RunSlowTalkFast · 18/10/2025 20:28

I live in Kent, I don't have to imagine! 🥴

Thepeopleversuswork · 18/10/2025 20:28

This is the sort of thing which will sink them, not the fact they are racists. Illiterate, unprofessional, narcissistic idiots.

TheGrimSmile · 18/10/2025 20:26

The whole party is a joke. None of them know what they are doing. I can't believe people have fallen for Farage's bullshit after the shit show that is Brexit. God help the country is these incompetent muppets get in.

ThatLemonBear · 18/10/2025 20:24

The best thing about all of this is that the more they mess up running councils, hopefully they’ll have less chance of being allowed to mess up the UK. I can but hope

Fleetheart · 18/10/2025 20:22

Strangely the Daily Mail hasn’t picked up this story….

Fleetheart · 18/10/2025 20:21

they are an embarrassment but I do feel for the people of Kent who now have this lot in charge

Echobelly · 18/10/2025 20:20

Of course it's a farce. These people had no clue what they were getting into. They honestly thought councils had no money because they were wasting it on funding trans Muslims to punch poppy-sellers or something, not because councils just have naff-all funding. There were no savings to make by 'cutting DEI' or not having Pride flags on town halls; the slightest bit of research would have shown that.

And they would absolutely be no better in government.