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Linked from this page are monthly musings by John on various aspects of the political scene in Medway. You may find them interesting, perhaps even illuminating, or just a bit of relief from the drier material elsewhere in these pages. They open up in a separate browser window. As it is easier for visitors to find them listed in reverse date order, i.e. most recent first, this is how they are linked below.

These Jottings are purely personal comment, and do not necessarily or directly represent the policy of either the Conservative Party or the Conservative Group on Medway Council.

Note that I also write on other websites, including in particular Strood Conservatives and Alan Collins' blogsite.

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John's Jottings for the year 2008:

• March 2008: What do the People Want?
• February 2008: Tour de Trance
• January 2008: That Was The Year, That Was!

John's Jottings for the year 2007:

• December 2007: You can trust me on this!
• November 2007: The Flunking Fist
• October 2007: A Man Goes to the Doctor...
• September 2007: What's a Blog?
• August 2007: The Best Council Yet!
• July 2007: The Earth is Flat
• June 2007: Another Four Years On
• May 2007: Three Little Crosses
• April 2007: The Half-Empty Glass
• March 2007: A Rose by any other name...
• February 2007: Toys out of the Pram
• January 2007: Looking East

John's Jottings for the year 2006:

• December 2006: The Cross in the Box
• November 2006: Skating on Thin Ice
• October 2006: Looney Land
• September 2006: Putting One's Spokes In
• August 2006: Does the Tail Wag the Dog?
• July 2006: Business as Usual
• June 2006: It's All About Standards
• May 2006: A Little Out of Focus...
• April 2006: S.N.I.D.E.
• March 2006: Leading by Example
• February 2006: Closing-Down Sale
• January 2006: Fun and Frolics in the Farmyard

John's Jottings for the year 2005:

• December 2005: Upon Closer Inspection
• November 2005: Now is the Time for All Good Men...
• October 2005: Once Upon A Time...
• September 2005: One-Dimensional Thinking
• August 2005: Look to the River
• July 2005: Election Reflection
• June 2005: LibDem Behaviour
• May 2005: The Nation Decides
• April 2005: Vote, vote, vote for...
• March 2005: Opposition
• February 2005: Is There a Psychiatrist in the Chamber?
• January 2005: The "Lies Rabble"

John's Jottings for the year 2004:

• December 2004: Foot-in-Mouth Disease
• November 2004: The Paperless Councillor
• October 2004: It's In the Air...
• September 2004: How Green is my Medway?
• July/August 2004: It Takes Two to Quango
• June 2004: Regeneration: Is It Worth It?
• May 2004: Focus Pocus
• April 2004: Odd One Out
• March 2004: Will Local Government Remain Truly Local?
• February 2004: Mentoring
• January 2004: The scrutiny function

John's Jottings for the year 2003:

• December 2003: Let Go With Labour!
• November 2003: It Might Have Been Funny (if it weren't so serious!)
• October 2003: A Tax Attacks!
• September 2003: Rochester Airport: the promise fulfilled
• August 2003: City Status: Rochester and Medway
• July 2003: Airports again!
• June 2003: What comes next?
• May 2003: How did it turn out?
• April 2003: Crunch time for Medway
• March 2003: Cliffe Airport: the re-consultation begins
• February 2003: Taxation
• January 2003: Council Chamber conduct: what's really going on?

John's Jottings for the year 2002:

• December 2002: Airports: the consultation ends—or does it?
• October/November 2002: More on the Cliffe Airport Threat.
• August/September 2002: Peninsula Airport Threat.
• July 2002: Electioneering.
• June 2002: Disruption: the "yobbo culture" and Travellers.
• May 2002: Medway's local media.
• April 2002: Boundary Review—the new wards etc.
• March 2002: The Cabinet system—how is it working?
• February 2002: How I see the Medway political scene (part 2)
• January 2002: How I see the Medway political scene (part 1)

John's Jottings for the year 2001:

• December 2001: What have the last 18 months been like?
• November 2001: How did it all begin?

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