It was another year of political turmoil and some familiar issues dominating the agenda in Kent and at Westminster. Both the Prime Minister and the leader of Kent County Council faced down efforts to get them to quit; councils were plunged into uncertainty over budgets; while opinion polls placed Labour on course for victory in an election. Our political editor Paul Francis casts his eye over the key stories of 2023… Stop The Boats The vow by Rishi Sunak to curb the number of boats and dinghies crossing the Channel seemed a high-risk one. But a tougher line and greater efforts by the French …