The NoNightFlights Bus

We'll be at Ramsgate Harbour for crowd scenes, photo opportunities and movie making at 11am and 12 noon - be there a few minutes early to be sure of your well-deserved stardom! More details here: bit.ly/zCyDjp

SNAFU at TDC Public Consultation

Phew! Panic over.
For a while there, it looked like the TDC Consultation machine was randomly rejecting emails without telling anyone... bit.ly/zmNPe4

The biggest lies hide in plain sight

Buchanan says he's not asking for unlimited night flights. HE IS - that's exactly what he's asking for. And he wants there to be no fines or penalties when he breaks the rules.  bit.ly/wvCxgt

Tannoying question

Where in Ramsgate can you hear the Tannoys at the port and the station?  bit.ly/zP5W78

I can hear the Tannoy system and noise of the ships being loaded/unloaded from my house

I can hear the Tannoy system and announcements and the trains with their flat spots on the wheels

GROUPTHINK - an alternative to responsibility

Looking at the unutterable shambles surrounding Manston, I wonder how on earth this happened. Answer: GROUPTHINK bit.ly/xpuSUs

A shred of evidence?

Manston's job forecasts are absurdly exaggerated, a cruel and selfish deception on the people of Thanet and east Kent. bit.ly/xcDLuu

At last - a chance to be heard

Manston night flights consultation: your chance to make a difference - they cannot ignore a majority result. bit.ly/yR60p4

Tit for tat at TDC

There are no heroes in this story - blame can be splashed in every direction. Conservative and Labour members (AND Officers, let us not forget) are all culpable. bit.ly/yEs27b

The nasty niceties of planning

TDC cannot choose whether or not to decide that this proposal requires planning permission. bit.ly/zEqeN3

Dream Council

This is what happens when a local council throws its weight into the fight against night flights, on behalf of the residents. bit.ly/y6qNll

Laura Sandys gets political

Politics is the worst thing that ever happened to democracy, and I only realised this since getting involved in local community campaigns like this one.

It's disheartening when political spin and point-scoring produce more heat than light, warming the hearts of political supporters without showing a way forward. (This criticism is emphatically not levelled at Laura alone, not by any means - they're all at it, most of the time, usually when there are better things to be doing.) bit.ly/xVD5ba

Good night to night flights?

The report that TDC commissioned is very critical of Manston's proposal. See the Readers Digest version at bit.ly/zptwtR

Night flights report - TDC announce release date

TDC have got the report, but aren't going to publish it yet, the teasing little minxes...  bit.ly/xwIkDe

Flybe, Manston, night flights and the truth

We wondered whether night flights would have made a difference to Flybe's decision to quit Manston. So we asked them.

Had the lack of scheduled night flights made Manston less attractive? Would scheduled night flights have persuaded Flybe to stay?  bit.ly/xyF1Ly

CPRE says night flights at Manston will not boost business

Quite the reverse in fact - the campaign group says night flights could actually damage Thanet’s economic growth... bit.ly/yuAeu4

The Red Sparrows

A bunch of firemen from Basingstoke in little planes made of bits of bicycle and cardboard who perform death-defying stunts with less than realistic props.

Like a tribute band, but much, much sillier.

Genius. bit.ly/xW28fH

Foley's Folly

David Foley, the Chief Exec of Thanet & East Kent Chamber Ltd, actually believes Manston's sales patter. Unfortunately. bit.ly/xE41No

Flybeen and gone. Does it matter?

Flybe's departure from Manston: an analysis of what it means for the airport, and for your sleep. bit.ly/vqvQmJ

Flybe quit Manston

Flybe axe last remaining passenger routes at Manston - first reports coming in... bit.ly/tY2uAC

Thanet the Movie: Welcome to the Casting Couch

Uncanny lookalikes - and you can add your own. bit.ly/vCBKG8

Kerswell out of it, Paul Carter now Emperor of Kent.

Cllr Carter will wear a toga of Imperial purple when in public, and feast on roast peacocks daily. We, on the other hand, will be fed to the lions. There will be no circuses. There will be no bread. Does anyone remember voting for this? bit.ly/w0ttuM

Hung in Thanet

Being hung might be the best outcome for Thanet and its Council. It might even turn out to be a blessing for the airport. bit.ly/tcLUhL

Life under the flight path

If regular Manston night flights become the norm, then living in my home will obviously become impossible... bit.ly/vwXKpT

Manston out-performed by a small hole in the ground...

Tragic really - after 11 years in private hands, the airport's contribution to the county's economy is less than half that of, er, a small hole in the ground... bit.ly/tQlHjs

Yanks for the memory

The ugly truth about the USAF at #Manston. There are those who go misty-eyed at the memory of the USAF and their fantastically noisy jets - it appears that the memory is selective... bit.ly/uoD2xv

Kiwis going home?

Infratil selling Glasgow Prestwick airport... Manston next?  bit.ly/uXzLvM

Public grilling for Buchanan and Bayford

Lovely bit of public questioning... bit.ly/tyhoid

Sandy Ezekiel is innocent

It's the law... bit.ly/uhyYcx

There is no fine print

The new Manston night flight proposal has no penalty clauses at all, no fines, nothing. Is that OK with you? bit.ly/ufBl5x

Paul Carter: Emperor of Kent.

Well, since he's set about firing anyone else with any kind of power, he's a lot closer than he was last week. bit.ly/sCHuGw

Sanctions busting at Manston

Many of you have been wondering why the state airline of a pariah nation regularly visits a failing airport in the corner of England. Find out here: bit.ly/sbvFK4

Labour denies Manston night flight U-turn

A "whipped" vote is an affront to democracy. Each councillor's first duty is to the residents of their ward, and if that conflicts with party policy, then the residents' interests should win every time. bit.ly/rVJY64

Thanet Movies

Dial M for Margate; From Ramsgate with Love; The Quexorcist ...any more? bit.ly/sHczst

Manston Night Flights: Public Meeting

Chatham House School, Ramsgate, 25th November 7pm-9pm... bit.ly/v3nVRo

Number-crunching: tourism

Compare Manston's empty promises of growth with what local Tourism already delivers (and Manston jeopardises) bit.ly/vX3Iqt

Manston's 2012 schedule

Have a sneak preview of the new night flights timetable... bit.ly/rUwy44

Manston Aircraft Noise Maps

See how awful each type of cargo plane will make your life... bit.ly/ujK1Ah

See the future, then decide.

These SCARY noise maps show the present, and the future, for Manston, Ramsgate and Thanet... bit.ly/sez1sI

Listen again...

Radio Kent interview: Manston's night flight plans, pros and cons... bit.ly/ugDqSf

Manston's new Night Flight proposals to be outlined on Radio Kent Friday 28th October 11am

http://bit.ly/rxooPk