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Full council reveals a coasting administration

Last night saw the second full Medway Council meeting of the year, and it was fascinating for mostly the wrong reasons. The Conservative administration is in disarray, attacking each other and deselecting prominent councillors. The Labour opposition keep pushing the administration on a number of fronts. All of this is with the looming local elections in a little over a year from now.