Gillingham North Labour candidates’ publicity stunt backfires

VOTERS in Gillingham North responded to one resident who was used as a political pawn by her local Labour candidates in the run-up to the election.

Donna Still, 43, who lives in the Vineries estate and led the rise of the Mum’s Army political party in Medway spoke out against the Tory administration on sitting Labour MP Paul Clark’s website just before the election. She met up with the candidates and Mr. Clark, stating that she chose “to support Labour as I find that they are doing more to find a solution to anti-social behaviour and are willing to work with the people affected by it by setting up the Respect agenda.

“As a political activist and former member of Mums’ Army I developed a keen interest in local issues and came into contact with my local Councillors Adam Price and Mark Last. After seeing how hard they both worked in the Gillingham North ward I decided to back them and hope to work with them closely.”

And the voters? They responded by giving the candidates a massive thumbs down and voted in the Liberal Candidates with a majority of 579 instead. People power really does work.