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Since March 2002 Cllr Alan Jarrett—Deputy leader of Medway Council—has been writing a weekly column for the Wednesday issue of Medway Today newspaper, now the Medway Messenger. These columns are reproduced here by permission of the author and publisher (KM Group) and have also been posted at the Medway Conservative Group's website from October 2008:

Columns for the year 2011:

• March 2011: Voting on the Budget
• February 2011: Budget for 2011–2012
• January 2011: Sure Start and Budget

Columns for the year 2010:

• August 2010: City Status
• July 2010: Reassuring Medway Residents
• June 2010: New Government Learns From Medway
• May 2010: A New Government
• There was no April column, owing to the General Election purdah period
• March 2010: Another Good Budget
• February 2010: Budget Choices
• January 2010: The Freedom Pass

Columns for the year 2009:

• December 2009: Pre-Budget Statement 2009
• November 2009: Beneficial Budgeting
• October 2009: The Culture of Medway
• September 2009: Education Improvement Prospects
• Late August 2009: Luton and Wayfield Changes
• Early August 2009: Finance in Medway and Government
• February 2009: Budget Setting 2009
• January 2009: The Future Is Bright—In Medway!

Columns for the year 2008:

• December 2008: Supporting Local Businesses
• February 2008: Budget Setting 2008
• January 2008: Government Funding

Columns for the year 2007:

• November 2007: Labour Voted Against Medway's Budget
• October 2007: Budget Priorities
• 6^th September 2007: Stark Choices Ahead
• 13^th August 2007: Event Horizon
• 12^th July 2007: New Housing
• 18^th June 2007: Local Election Lookback
• 19^th March 2007: Budget Choices

Columns for the year 2006:

• 20^th November 2006: Budget Priorities
• 18^th October 2006: No Crossing at Cliffe!
• 20^th September 2006: Initiative(s)
• 28^th August 2006: Government Plaudits
• 31^st July 2006: Misinformation
• 3^rd July 2006: Council Accessibility
• 31^st May 2006: Libraries
• 8^th May 2006: Delivery

Columns for the year 2005:

• 7^th February 2005: Council Tax Confusion
• 31^st January 2005: Housing Horrors
• 24^th January 2005: Callous Cliffe Confession

Columns for the year 2004:

• 6^th December 2004: Financial Settlement
• 22^nd November 2004: The Nanny State is Alive and Well
• 8^th November 2004: What Price Democracy?
• 25^th October 2004: The Funding Gap
• 18^th October 2004: Pensions Crisis
• 11^th October 2004: Off The Rails
• 4^th October 2004: Recycling—The Facts
• 9^th August 2004: Smoking Ban
• 19^th July 2004: The Cost of Government
• 5^th July 2004: Choice in Education
• 31^st May 2004: Local and Regional Taxation
• 24^th May 2004: Respect and Tradition
• 17^th May 2004: Respect for Others
• 10^th May 2004: The Cost of Living
• 3^rd May 2004: Government Financial Mismanagement
• 26^th April 2004: Can we trust Tony Blair?
• 19^th April 2004: Hypocrisy
• 13^th April 2004: The Fight over Rail Services
• 6^th April 2004: Education in Medway
• 29^th March 2004: Labour failure on Crime
• 22^nd March 2004: Chancellor Follows Medway's Lead
• 8^th March 2004: The Budget is Set

Columns for the year 2003:

• 22^nd December 2003: Cliffe...What Now?
• 2^nd December 2003: Government Funding
• 27^th October 2003: Tax
• 20^th October 2003: Government Cuts
• 13^th October 2003: Policing
• 29^th September 2003: Petrol Tax Rise
• 22^nd September 2003: Capping
• 15^th September 2003: Community Safety
• 8^th September 2003: 'Planes and 'Buses
• 1^st September 2003: Education Again
• 25^th August 2003: Education, Education, Education
• 18^th August 2003: The Medium Term
• 11^th August 2003: Cars and Public Transport
• 4^th August 2003: Regeneration
• 28^th July 2003: Everybody Wins!
• 26^th May 2003: Scrutiny in Medway
• 19^th May 2003: Delivery, Delivery, Delivery
• ^12th May 2003: Medway Chooses
• 5^th May 2003: New Deal
• 26^th March 2003: A Brighter Future for Medway
• 19^th March 2003: Service Delivery
• 12^th March 2003: Taxation
• 5^th March 2003: Public Transport
• 26^th February 2003: Sqaunderers!
• 19^th February 2003: Man of the People?
• 12^th February 2003: Who Really Cares?
• 5^th February 2003: Knockers
• 8^th January 2003: Happy New Year?
• 1^st January 2003: Vandalism

Columns for the year 2002:

• 2^nd October 2002: Last Council Meeting
• 30^th October 2002: North/South Divide
• 6^th November 2002: Town Planning
• 13^th November 2002: Services for Tomorrow
• 20^th November 2002: Tall Ships

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