Uncles has contested a great many elections for local councils, Westminster, the EU and ironically the Police & Crime Commissioner elections and failed consistently. He tried to do a deal with Sinn Féin to change English Democrats policy on Northern Ireland to hand the province over to the republicans in exchange for a donation. He's abused, bullied and defamed political rivals and been threatened with legal action over his behaviour a number of times. He's been in the press more than once for offensive behaviour and attracted criticism for mocking the death of a mentally ill Labour supporter.
During last year's local elections in Kent, the English Democrats fielded a number of candidates that many believed didn't exist and the police were called in to investigate. One of these was "Anna Cleves" (Anne of Cleves) who is of course an English historical figure and supposedly lived in the house that was knocked down to build Steve Uncles' house. Another candidate was "Steves Uncle" who Steve Uncles publicly admitted was a pseudonym.
As the police have pressed charges it's safe to assume these people were fake, along with a number of others and as they've pressed charges against Steve Uncles - something they rarely do with z-list wannabe politicians - it's safe to assume they have some pretty strong evidence that he was responsible for them appearing on the electoral register and then on ballot papers. It is presumably the fact that these fake people were fraudulently entered onto the electoral register well in advance of the election so that they would qualify to appear on ballot papers that made the CPS think a prosecution would be in the public interest.
Uncles pleaded not guilty to all 10 charges today and will now appear at Maidstone Crown Court on March 14th for a preliminary hearing. The maximum penalty for each offence under the Representation of the People Act is a £5,000 fine and 6 months in prison.
Tom Knowles · 567 weeks ago
Not related to the above, but I hope I can put it on here any way is about the latest news about Whitley Bay's Spanish City resort. It used to be a popular seaside haunt in the North East and was immortalised by Mark Knopfler in the Dire Straits song 'Tunnel Of Love.'
Work on it has been halted, and the local Labour party does not seem interested in helping with bringing it back to life (despite recent successes with grants) so I am asking UKIP (as a former Labour voter) if they would be interested in helping to revive Spanish City and the other seaside holiday attractions around the UK that have fallen into ruin. We had the best seasides in the world, at one time, and with flights and ferries getting more expensive we should look to make our seasides fashionable to this and the next generation of tourists.
Anne Higdon · 567 weeks ago
I have actively campaigned to have the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare restored, but the local council are not being very helpful in having it restored. If UKIP wins Weston-super-Mare I sure hope that they put pressure on to have it rebuilt to its former glory.
Weston-super-Mare is a fantastic seaside resort, and with pro-active thinking it can be the gem of the South West.
M. Walters · 566 weeks ago
wonkotsane 85p · 566 weeks ago
A lot of Conservatives claim to be eurosceptics and no doubt a great many of them are but every councillor, MP and MEP elected as a Conservative is helping to keep that pro-EU party in power. They think they can change the Tories into a eurosceptic party but they won't, it's never been more pro-EU since the traitor Heath's days.