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Linden Kemkaran, named leader of Kent County Council a week after Reform UK’s sweeping victories in the local elections, appeared to downplay the impact of the largest conflict in Europe since World War 2.

Speaking after she was named as council leader on Thursday evening, she promised to remove the Ukrainian flag from the chamber.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

From what I understand Kemkaran was parachuted into Kent from Bradford a couple of months before the election. Locals in Maidstone have been asking for proof that her residence is in Kent. She has a background in media and has an online history that is beginning to get some scrutiny.

From my perspective this is the start of a coup by some well-organised, well-financed right-wingers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Hey girl, are you a bergenia pacifica?

Because you're a fucking Russian plant.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bastards to a man or woman.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Or intersex. Don’t be like Linden probably is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

“We are going to get the auditors to come in and take a leaf out of Elon Musk’s book and appoint some sort of DOGE...

Um.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I bet she stinks like a Linden tree.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is that an insult?
Nature normally smells lovely

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It's needlessly letterboxed and there's a typo in the feckin' title, but here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoqlYGuZGVM