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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Over 1,600 local people engaged with NHS plans, showing strong support for protecting services. NHS leaders must listen to residents, back families, and protect IVF access. 📄 Read our full 4-page submission letter below:

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hold up. Employing people with no right to work in the UK is already an offence with a max sentence of 5y. It can also carry heavy financial criminal and civil penalties See: Penalties for employing illegal workers - GOV.UK share.google/WPVATmaSsM2T...

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This is what Farage was saying in 2019. How things change?

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Most of us were glad to see the Royal Marines interdict a Russian sanctions evading ship. But not the Reform leader at Kent County Council. At this rate, I think they took down the 🇺🇦 to replace with a 🇷🇺 at County Hall.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🚨 These remarks today from Reform’s Bridget Porter are utterly outrageous. Watch her comments below. The Reform Party must denounce this immediately and remove the whip, or the public will rightly assume these views represent their party as a whole. 👇

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Why is there a shortage of people working in publicly funded criminal law? Well, the state paying people *SEVEN YEARS* after they do some work work might be a factor. The software said "received with thanks" on my behalf. I had my own words.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Happy Europe Day. As Churchill said, "we have remade the fabric of Europe". Work that goes on, and must continue to go on.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

As an Englishman, my natural assumption is that "two kings" is written with deliberate irony, and someone in the White House social media team is making fun of Trump. I see from the comments underneath the post that no-one in the US reads it that way, alas.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Good grief. The guinea pigs are getting their own addressed mail now.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The BBC have asked me to wear no tie on Sunday 👔 One could dress more chill by wearing a stripey, bright or floral tie? 🔆 🌸 Or, if they really want Sunday AM vibes I could wear my dressing gown, (with croissant)? 🥐 And will my warmth and mild humour not "create a more relaxed feel"?? 🏖️🕊

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

"This motion contains statements that are prejudicial, discriminatory. It is an abuse of this council. We will not lend legitimacy to it and we will leave" Lib Dems, Labour, Green and Cons all walked out. It wasn't easy but it was right.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Come and be Town Clerk (effectively CEO) for an award winning, enterprising, progressive Town Council.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

This camelia I planted two years ago has flowered for the first time, which has made me happy.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Like paying protection money to people who have caused the danger.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I organised an event at County Hall today to remember the 4th Anniversary of the outrageous Russian invasion of Ukraine. We remembered the victims of the war and expressed our hope that Ukraine will win and western countries will continue to support them until they do.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

It's a myth that you can't make new friends as you get older. You can literally *make* them.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Breaking: the head of DOGE in Kent has resigned. My impression of Matthew was that he was a decent man leading a fundamentally ill-conceived project.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Sorry but @thetimes.com is right about charging KCC to park. It's in the current draft budget which is viewable online.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

6 years tonight since Brexit. It was the honour of my life to be part of the last (for now) group of Brtish Lib Dem MEPs. I'm confident that in time a new generation of UK MEPs will restore what has been lost and rebuild what has been broken. Our long-term future really depends on it.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Reform is fast becoming "Conservatives with a new name and logo." But with the worst aspects of conservativism increased and the more honourable side removed. It's the most facile rebrand since Royal Mail briefly became Consignia in 2001.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I tried to test AI's ability to appreciate art tonight. One of my favourite paintings is Large Enclosure (aka Great Enclosure) by Caspar David Friedrich (1831). I asked Gemini to create a photo realistic image based on it. The result was disappointing IMHO.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Reform in May 2025: "Vote for us in the local elections. We'll cut/freeze council tax." Reform in January 2026: "We're putting up your council tax."

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Another day goes by and still no budget from Reform run Kent County Council

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The search goes on for the missing Kent County Council budget. Reform shambles.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

12 hours on from the expected publication of Reform's budget for Kent, this is the vibe. Panic, disarray and bracing for broken promised.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

This is amazing. Well done everyone. Come and join us. Libdems.org.uk/join

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

About time an inquiry on this was launched.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Mark, Polly, you should both know that the Liberal Democrat run town council here in Faversham created a museum to display our copy of Magna Carta. We've the largest collection of medieval charters in Europe. We have weirs but I don't know about fish weirs.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Linking the ECHR with cars for disabled people is a new depth of absurdity for the Conservative Party. The ECHR prohibits discrimination (Article 14) and rightly so. Is Badenoch telling us she wants to treat some disabled people differently to others in a discriminatory way?

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

One of our local churches has a Christmas Tree made from recycled leaflets. Honoured to make an appearance...

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Dear Russian Bots hitting up my inbox, As the great Cher Horowitz would say, "as if".

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Labour's idea of returning refugees up to 20 years after they arrive, and begin rebuilding their lives, is appalling. Paddington puts it well here and there are many, many real people who this could affect.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

My office whiteboard... Bon Jovi edition for edition for the weekend.

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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Asked for a few comments by @michaelkeohan.bsky.social as I arrived at County Hall this morning. I said Kent faces a budget crisis, a care crisis and now a political instability crisis under Reform.