An essay copyrighted to a pro-BNP YouTube campaigner has been reprinted in the Southend Older People’s Assembly newsletter, attributed to independent Shoeburyness councillor Mike Assenheim. The article attributed to Cllr Assenheim (pictured) is entitled ‘To all who were born in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s’ and comments on what the writer refers to...
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Rachel Charman The Southend West BNP candidate Tony Gladwin has admitted to posting offensive comments on Facebook. The comments were found and exposed in a Councilbust.com report on Sunday evening. Shortly after this, Mr Gladwin’s profile, which had been publicly available, had disappeared from public view. Last night, Rochford and Southend East BNP candidate...
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By Rachel Charman Geoff Strobridge, BNP candidate for Rochford and Southend East, has confirmed that all BNP candidates have been ordered to shut down their Facebook profiles. This follows a Councilbust.com investigation into a Facebook profile attributed to Tony Gladwin, the BNP candidate for Southend West. Mr Strobridge claims that there has been a...
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By Rachel Charman Geoff Strobridge, the BNP candidate for Rochford and Southend East, has provided a statement on the Facebook profile associated with Southend West BNP candidate Tony Gladwin. The Facebook profile, which was named Tony Gladwin, and included images of the BNP candidate and comments from Facebook pages attributed to his friends and...
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By Rachel Charman and Shane Croucher Tony Gladwin, the British National Party Parliamentary candidate for Southend West, has made several references to drugs, binge drinking and violence on his profile on social networking site Facebook. Mr Gladwin (left), a single 26 year old builder, lives in Billericay with his mother. He is known to...
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By Rachel Charman Local councillors who will stand in this year’s local elections have spoken to Councilbust.com about the challenge presented by the British National Party. The BNP will stand candidates in every Southend ward in the local elections in May. There are 17 wards in Southend, each with three councillors. There are currently...
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By Rachel Charman The British National Party in Southend has announced that it will stand candidates in every Southend ward in the local elections in May. There are 17 wards in Southend, each with three councillors. There are currently 25 Conservative councillors, 11 Liberal Democrat councillors, seven Independent councillors, six Labour councillors, and one...
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By Rachel Charman With the General Election date officially set for 6th May, local parties in Southend will begin fierce campaigns for Southend’s two constituency seats in Southend West and Rochford and Southend East. A Councilbust.com poll of over 100 readers has revealed support over the two areas for the Liberal Democrats. The poll,...
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Much has been made of the use of social media in politics. Barack Obama’s highly-polished use of social media technology such as Facebook is a notable example; Conservative leader David Cameron caused a stir with his regular YouTube webcasts; and here in Southend, local councillors and prospective Parliamentary candidates use Twitter to keep the...
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