Leader of the Conservative Group on Thanet District Council • District Councillor for Birchington • Deputy Chairman of @HBSCAssociation 🇬🇧
Birchington, Kent
Joined April 2026
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It was an honour to take part in the Remembrance Sunday parade here in Birchington.
It is always lovely to see our village come together for such a meaningful day.
We shall never stop remembering them.
#rememberancesunday
Very pleased to hear and see this.
Shabana has made a serious mistake surrendering to Labour MPs. So I’m putting people on notice - when we get into government we will scrap this weak policy.
Immigration is too high. Labour are making a bad situation much, much worse.
The Conservative Party is under new management. I accept this problem started under a previous Conservative govt. Many of those in that Cabinet have gone to Reform where they belong.
And I’ve got a proper plan to fix it👇
It’s becoming clearer more than ever, that to stop Labour - you have to vote Conservative.
Cllr George Kup retweeted
I think it's fair to say that's not a great night for Nigel Farage and Reform UK
Betting markets closed with their expected vote share at 73.5% and Count Binface expected to be under 20%
We now give him a 31% chance of being replaced as leader this year, whilst Kemi Badenoch is back into favourite for next Prime Minister
Cllr George Kup retweeted
Congratulations to everyone getting their results today 🎉
If you’re heading to university, this should be an exciting time. You should be optimistic about your future, not worrying about student loan repayments following you for decades.
Conservatives want young people who work hard for a better life to keep more of what they earn.
That’s why we’re starting by scrapping the unfair interest on Plan 2 student loans 👇
Cllr George Kup retweeted
The Conservatives will not be standing a candidate in this fake by-election.
Cllr George Kup retweeted
A Real Bleak House?
We met the Mayor of Broadstairs, Cllr Rusiecki, at Bleak House — where Charles Dickens wrote Bleak House, the novel about a will whose beneficiaries received nothing.
We discussed the 1642 Henry Robinson Trust.
Sometimes history doesn't stay in the past.
Cllr George Kup retweeted
Congratulations to Douglas Lumsden for winning the Aberdeen South Westminster by-election.
This was an endorsement of @KemiBadenoch’s no nonsense approach and condemnation of Miliband’s energy policy that is costing both the country and households so much money.
After Reform’s significant by-election losses last night, will questions now start to be asked about Farage’s leadership?
I think we may need to keep a close eye on Jenrick…
Cllr George Kup retweeted
🚨 | Aberdeen South Parliamentary By-Election Result:
🌳 CON: 49.5% (+25.1)
🎗️ SNP: 28.6% (-4.2)
➡️ RFM: 8.6% (+1.7)
🌹 LAB: 5.4% (-19.4)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-1.9)
🌍 GRN: 3.4% (-0.1)
✊ ADF: 0.2% (New)
Conservative GAIN from SNP.
Changes w/ GE2024.
Following ongoing concerns raised by residents about missed collections and overflowing bins across Thanet, I’ve worked cross-party with Cllr Tricia Austin and Cllr Barry Manners to bring forward a motion calling for urgent scrutiny and improvement.
Bin collection disruption to be discussed at extraordinary full council meeting - theisleofthanetnews.com/2026…
Cllr George Kup retweeted
This is illuminating.
“..oversaw..” that is an interesting choice of word.
Because as Suella knows I did not draft that bill. I did not see it prior to its introduction. I was, as she knows, only asked to take it through the Commons hours before it was heard. Nor was I given any authority to alter it- but I did make asks to do so to the Cabinet Office- to change the gender-neutral language wording to female wording.
All this is a matter of record. As are the names of those that drafted it. As are the members of the PLB Committee which would have cleared it, a Committee which included Suella as the Attorney General. Given that the Bill was about her maternity leave I assumed she would have taken an interest.
Perhaps I was wrong to make such assumptions. And to take her thanks and delight at it being introduced that she expressed to me at the time- in writing- as her genuine feelings.
As I say, illuminating.
This is the woman who, as a Tory Minister, declared that ‘Trans women are Women’.
She also oversaw a law (for my maternity leave) that described me as a ‘pregnant person’ so as not to offend trans people. Even after backlash, she would not include the word ‘woman’. We had to settle on ‘mother’.
And she plans to come back and lead the Party.
The Conservative Party should be apologising to the country for its Great Betrayal on DEI.
Never trust them.
Cllr George Kup retweeted
Every life matters.
One law. One standard. For everyone.
This is about justice, for Henry, for his family and for all our children. They deserve better.
There really is no limit to how far Zia will go to twist the truth.
This is completely false & deliberately stripped of context.
At a time when emotions are high, Reform have chosen division & political point-scoring over decency.
I genuinely hoped they were better than this.
Kemi Badenoch in 2020:
“Black Lives Do Matter”
Kemi Badenoch in 2026:
“I don’t want to hear about white lives matter”
Disgraceful.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This omits key context. Badenoch’s 2026 line rejected both slogans, not only “White Lives Matter”: “I don’t want to hear about ‘Black Lives Matter’. I don’t want to hear about ‘White Lives Matter’. We all matter.” Her 2020 thread also criticised platitudes.
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The right “uniting” by demanding parties stand aside isn’t democracy.
Some people will vote Conservative but never Reform. Others will vote Restore but never Reform. Their voices matter too.
Democracy is about giving people a genuine choice at the ballot box.
Cllr George Kup retweeted
Henry Robinson from Thanet, Kent left land in trust to fund scholarships - forever. What happened to his promise?
#thanet #kent #birchington #henryrobinsonwill1642
You know @KemiBadenoch and the Conservatives are getting things right when Zia Yusuf and Reform activists spend every day attacking them instead of Labour.
Funny how a party they constantly call “dead” is still the one they seem most desperate to stop.
Honoured to have been elected Leader of the Conservative Group on Thanet District Council.
I’ll continue fighting for Thanet residents, backing local businesses, pushing for value for taxpayers, and holding the Labour administration to account.
Thanet council Conservative group elects new leader - theisleofthanetnews.com/2026…
