Simon Finlay
Journalist at Iliffe Media
Northern Irish; Brentford FC, Glentoran and Maidstone United fan; views own etc; Main pic: Dermot O'Shea/Irish Times
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1 week ago |
kentonline.co.uk | Simon Finlay
This week, local democracy reporter Simon Finlay looks at how Reform has positioned itself in the county and further afield to cannibalise votes from the big two parties - and suggests a general election win could be a very real possibility... The latest polling from Electoral Calculus at the beginning of the month will have made sobering reading for the Labour Party and the Conservatives.
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2 weeks ago |
kentonline.co.uk | Simon Finlay
A little over a month ago, Reform UK stormed to victory at the Kent County Council elections with 57 of the 81 seats. Yet 63% of electors who cast ballots did not vote for Nigel Farage’s party. Local democracy reporter Simon Finlay went to Romney Marsh to ask non-Reform voters why a “political earthquake” occurred on May 1…High above the church in Lydd flies the Ukrainian flag, its colours resolutely billowing in a stiff wind and set against a grey, early summer sky.
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3 weeks ago |
kentonline.co.uk | Simon Finlay
What price democracy? All elections are expensive to stage with the bill inevitably picked up by the taxpayer, but in 2024’s poll for the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, the turnout tumbled by more than 10% - meaning only one in five voters took part.
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4 weeks ago |
kentonline.co.uk | Simon Finlay
Depending on how one views these things, the first day in the chamber at Kent County Council for Reform UK’s newly-elected members was a day for triumph or triumphalism. The victors clapped, cheered, walloped the tabletops, and gave standing ovations to themselves, while the minuscule opposition contingent watched in bemused fascination or near disgust. Decorum, their faces seemed to say, was in rather short supply. But it was Reform’s time, after all, and who could deny them their gloating rights?
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1 month ago |
kentonline.co.uk | Simon Finlay
Shoplifting, fraud and sexual offences in the county have seen a sharp rise in the past year against a background of crime going down, according to new figures. Kent Police’s Chief Constable pledged there will “be no let up” in the drive to bring criminals to book. Tim Smith was giving his account on the force’s record in the past year – from April 2024 to March 2025 – to the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Scott, this morning.
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An apt day to share one of my favourite stories. Baker Bernard Ebeck was chased from his table tennis club by kids punching and kicking his van because they thought he was Gary Glitter. And he had no idea why until I knocked on his door. https://t.co/eJBm6pSAOQ
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