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Fergus Wilson – no charges brought

Fergus Wilson – no charges brought

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Last year I reported on prospective Police and Crime Commissioner Candidate Fergus Wilson, and alleged that he was disqualified from standing due to his 2014 conviction for common assault. Subsequently, after Mr Wilson submitted nomination papers, I reported him to Kent Police for making a false declaration in his nomination papers. Last week I was told by Kent Police that their investigation into Mr Wilson has been completed. I’m informed that Mr Wilson was interviewed as part of that investigation,…

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Kent PCC elections: the results in detail.

Kent PCC elections: the results in detail.

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This post is strictly for politics nerds. Yesterday we looked at the result of the Police and Crime Commissioner and today I want to look at the results in some more detail. First: a health warning. Direct comparisons between this result and the 2012 election are problematic to say the least. Firstly and most obviously, the winning candidate from 2012 didn’t seek re-election and, as an independent, there’s no party we can use as a basis for comparison. Secondly, the…

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Oh Steve Uncles, what have you done?

Oh Steve Uncles, what have you done?

Putting other people’s work on your website seems to be a feature of the no-hope candidates in this election. First, we had Fergus Wilson and the curious case of those photographs. Now, it appears, English Democrat Steve Uncles has also been indulging in a little cutting-and-pasting. One of these is quite funny, but the other really isn’t funny at all. First, a little light relief. On April 16th an article appeared on Uncles’ official website: The wasted years of Anne Barnes…

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Fergus Wilson: the final Act.

Fergus Wilson: the final Act.

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Fergus Wilson’s bid to be elected Kent Police and Crime Commissioner finally came to an end in Court 18 of the Royal Courts of Justice today when his application for Judicial Review of the Returning Officer’s decision to exclude him from the ballot paper was dismissed. Wilson was also ordered to pay £20,000 towards the Returning Officer’s costs in defending the action which, as we have seen, always seemed doomed to failure. Good. Our faith in British Justice is restored.

Steve Uncles – that defence in full

Steve Uncles – that defence in full

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English Democrat candidate Steve Uncles as been in touch on Twitter, in his inimitable style, to take issue with a couple of things I said about him in my previous post. Let’s have a look at his defence in full: https://twitter.com/SteveUncles/status/721858086168825856 How to win friends and influence people, eh? Presumably ‘clown’ is meant to be a compliment, since they are funny, culturally iconic and highly entertaining, a bit like me. Indeed Uncles does have two awards for bravery (apparently for…

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Kent PCC Elections – the story so far

Kent PCC Elections – the story so far

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And then there were six 18th April is the deadline to vote in the Kent PCC elections: you can register here. Six candidates remain for the post: Matthew Scott (Conservative). Must regard himself as one of the front-runners for the post, given the electoral dominance of the Tories in Kent. The Tories will be looking to gain the Commissioner’s post now that Ann Barnes has decided not to stand. But dear God, save us from another Tory running things into the…

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Fergus Wilson – my complaint to the Returning Officer

Fergus Wilson – my complaint to the Returning Officer

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It is reported today that Fergus Wilson has gone ahead with his application for Judicial Review of the Returning Officer’s decision to reject his nomination. As we have seen, his application seems doomed to fail: what he really wants is an injunction to protect himself from the consequences of his own incompetence. More importantly, it is an affront to the democratic process that Mr Wilson has gone to law to seek to stand in an election from which his assault…

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Can Fergus Wilson stand after all?

Can Fergus Wilson stand after all?

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The bizarre saga of Fergus Wilson’s attempts to stand for Kent’s Police and Crime Commissioner have taken another twist this evening as Wilson claims he will be seeking an injunction  to allow him to appeal against the decision that he is ineligible to stand. Is this possible? First, it appears there were two problems with Wilson’s nomination. The reasons given by the Returning Officer were as follows: Nomination Invalid as the papers were not delivered as required by law and…

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Fergus Wilson’s nomination rejected by Returning Officer

Fergus Wilson’s nomination rejected by Returning Officer

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The Returning Officer has published the Statement of Persons Nominated for the Kent PCC election, and as expected Fergus Wilson has submitted a nomination… however it has been rejected as invalid. The reason given is as follows: Nomination Invalid as the papers were not delivered as required by law and were not subscribed as required by law. Precisely what these errors were is so far unclear at this stage, but whatever they were, they proved fatal to his ambitions. Fergus Wilson will…

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Kent PCC election – the next few days.

Kent PCC election – the next few days.

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Nominations for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections close at 4pm this Thursday (April 7th). The Police Area Returning Officer will publish a Statement of Persons Nominated shortly afterwards: for Kent the Statutory Notices are being posted here. At the latest this must be published by 4pm on Friday. Within the next few days, therefore, we will know for certain who the candidates for Kent PCC are: it is quite possible that one or more of the declared candidates will…

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