Our ability to take the time to verify a real officer could be as trustworthy as Thanet's bogus police con-men

A young man in his mid-to-late thirty's recently contacted me because he was upset about the content of a YourThanet article about bogus policemen. For ease of reference we'll call him John (not his real name).

I have known John for a good few years and he has always been a no-nonsense parent (of two very lively children) who tends to keep himself to himself. John pointed me to a quote from the local police at the end of the article and told me why he was so upset.

In the article we read Detective Sergeant Claire Munday saying: Should someone call at your home and you are not confident they are genuine, close the door and call Kent Police for verification. None of our officers will mind if you do this.

However John told me that this is not the case. A year and half ago John was on the receaving end of a seriouse campaign of harrasment. The bully in this case took it upon themself to phone john and threaten him aa well as making regular calls to solicial services, police and other agencies. As you would expect this ment visits from said agnecies who left claiming that there was no problem to be seen.

John even made a formal complaint to the police about what was going on and for a time things died down with only occasional phone calls and letters from unlikely government agencies.

Then one morning after a seriouse bombardment of phone calls (in which the bully threatened to have John killed) social services phoned John to say that they would visit him arround 1pm. Fearing the worst and not knowing which calls were real and which were fake John attempted to arrange to have his children visit thier grandfather's.

At 9:15am two women claiming to be from social services knocked at his door. Sure now that something was very wrong John sent them away again.

Shortly after there was another knock at the door and two men claiming to be police offciers demanded that they be allowed in. Being alone with his children John was worried and panicking, so attempting to buy more time while we tried to find out if these were real officers - he refused them entry.

Their reaction was brutal.

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For reasons that no one has clarified yet Thanet District Council have proudly announced the purchase of a pub. This property is described by Thanet Council as a vital piece of the regeneration jigsaw puzzle in their press release.

However they go on to say that this so called vital piece of the puzzle is that they can now build houses. I kid you not. According to the council's own website this centrepiece for regeneration is building more houses. Can anyone please explain to me why or how this could be effective regeneration at any time ever? I am, quite frankly, utterly lost as to the thinking behind this move.

The former Flowing Bowl pub in the Centre, Newington, was bought by the council earlier this month (April). It had been derelict for a number of months before the purchase and was becoming an eyesore property. It will now become part of the major regeneration plans for the Centre. Although no specific plans have yet been put forward for the site, it is likely that it will be used for housing.

Have I missed something? Are our council actually suggesting this to us? What's going on. The comments are open to all.

According to my sources 107.8 Academy FM started transmitting midday today. I can't say that I tuned in due to other very pressing commitments. Did anyone catch any of today's broadcast?

Apparently we in Thanet are lacking in the funny bone department. The Official Monster Raving Loony Party are having trouble finding candidates in the Thanet area.

Howlin' Laud, leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party said: We would really like to hear from anyone who feels they can represent us at the election in Thanet. He went on to add We are the official loony party not to be confused with the other loony parties – Labour, Conservative and Liberal!

According to YourThanet.co.uk the Official Monster Raving Loony Party were the first to call for pet passports and a lower voting age. Under all that madness there might be wisdom... who knows.

Sandy Ezekiel is gone but not quite gone.

In a move that was likely as tactical as any the "leader" of the local council has stepped down from his role as leader of the Conservatives in Thanet. Ezekiel quits as leader of Thanet Tories screams youthanet.co.uk while Thanet council leader steps down shouts ThisIsKent.co.uk. Unusually I can find very little blog coverage to report.

Labour leader Cllr Clive Hart was quick to say that Ezekiel has left Thanet in a sorry state according to YourThanet.co.uk.

Ezekiel will remain leader of Thanet District Council until May when it is expected that Bob Bayford who has taken over as leader of the conservatives will replace him.

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