Many spent the warm and bright Kentish evening of June 20 watching England draw with Denmark at the Euros. A lucky few of us however were packed into general election hustings to watch aspiring parliamentarians put their case to the people – well, some of the people – of East Thanet. The event was held at Olby’s in Margate – a charming “soul cafe” near the Turner Contemporary. The constituency has been dismembered and reassembled in the most recent boundary review. The Isle of Thanet used to be two constituencies – North and South. However, it’s now East Thanet (comprising mostly Margate, Broa…
