Lincolnshire Voice

Follow up:

Below shows copies of emails sent from our newly elected Cllr Dave Owens who has got straight on with the job (start from top and work your way down):

From: David Owens
Sent: 15 November 2008 01:56
To: SIMMONDS, Mark
Subject: Please expand!

Quote “”Mark Simmonds, Tory MP for Boston and Skegness, warned: “The BNP are a threat to our country, who contribute nothing.”” Unquote

Mark,

Are you really implying that members of the BNP “contribute nothing”?

Are you also by default, implying that those who Vote for the BNP “contribute nothing”?

Would you be so kind as to explain what you meant in you press comments and therefore give me the right to reply.

Kindest regards

David Owens

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From: SIMMONDS, Mark
Sent: 19 November 2008 17:33
To: David Owens
Subject: RE: Please expand!

Mr Owens,

Further to your email about my comments in the newspapers I do not approve of, nor do I intend to debate with, a political party whose fundamental policy tenant is racism.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Simmonds MP

Boston and Skegness

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From: David Owens
Sent: 19 November 2008 23:04
To: 'SIMMONDS, Mark'
Cc: 'stephen.stray@jpress.co.uk'; 'news@targetseries.co.uk'
Subject: RE: Please expand!

Mr Simmonds MP,

In reply,

How very ill informed, narrow minded and indeed un-democratic of you. Perhaps it’s that stance that led to your fellow conservative candidate failing in such spectacular fashion last week.

Your response simply confirms how views such as yours, has led this once great country down the road of self destruction.

I look forward to meeting you at one of your surgeries, where I will be more than happy to challenge you and your views, which as a parliamentary constituent, I am entitled to do. I would like to remind you sir, that I have the same rights as all of your constituents irrespective of whether you approve of my views or not!. And it would be grossly unfair of you to discriminate against me on that basis.

Incidentally as is so typical with you Westminster “types” YOU have not answered the question! You owe an explanation of your comment to at least the 43% of the constituents on Fenside who voted for the British National Party last week, don’t you?

Regards

Cllr David Owens