Sharon Jardine, UKIP.

UKIP top brass fuming over self appointed ‘Cambs Media Liaison Officer’ responsible for immigration protest who is not even a party member

By John Elworthy Thursday, March 7, 2013
3:57 PM

A WOMAN who claims to be “UKIP Cambs Media Liaison Officer” is self appointed and not even a member of the party, it was revealed today.

Sharon Jardine is nothing to do with UKIP, said the party’s eastern region press officer Stuart Gulleford, who doubles as adviser to UKIP MEP Stuart Agnew.

Mrs Jardine suddenly sprung to the fore when she began organising a Facebook page entitled ‘Wisbech Immigration Issues’ which plans a protest in Wisbech Park in May.

Mrs Jardine, of Tydd Gote, said she planned to stand for UKIP in May’s county council elections and was organising a protest to allow people to voice the view that “immigration is out of control.”

She said: “I started to learn more about UKIP but I’m not someone who is political. I just believe that immigration is out of control and it needs to be sorted”

But Mr Gulleford said today: “Her title is unofficial. This is people who have gotten a bit carried away with themselves.”

He was “pretty annoyed” with Mrs Jardine since no one had accredited her with any title connected to UKIP.

“We have nothing to do with the protest march- and I knew nothing of it until newspaper cuttings were brought to my attention,” he said.

“People seem to be adopting titles that don’t exist.”

Mr Gulleford said UKIP did not have a separate NE Cambs branch and he would be asking why Ken Perrin of Chatteris describes himself as “UKIP organiser NE Cambs” in letters to the press.

Mr Gulleford said: “Mr Perrin has no authority to give people job titles and Mrs Jardine certainly does not speak for the whole of Cambridgeshire, as the title I see on her email suggests.

“I have now spoken to Regional Organiser, Councillor Peter Reeve, who is going to sort all this out. “

Mrs Jardine said today: “My membership is being processed as we speak through another member Chris Pain as he is paying the membership fee for me.

“Alan Lay (a declared UKIP candidate for this month’s Fenland by election at Wisbech St Mary) has only just received his membership to and we actually discussed that last night as I was concerned I had not received it all through yet!”

She said her title “was appointed by Ken Perrin who took my UKIP membership form and passed it to the head office so not sure why they are upset”.

Mr Gulleford said later, in an email, that “there is a membership application for Ms Jardine in the pipeline but, at the time of writing, she is not a member.

“I spoke with head office today and they have no record of her membership.

“I am mystified as to the reason for her Party membership - £30- allegedly being paid for by someone from another region.

“The rest of us pay our own membership fees.”

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7 comments

As a traditional tory who is now utterly exasperated with the little rich boy Cameron and his chums, UKIP actually now have a real opportunity to breath fresh air into the political process, but they are never going to suceed while we continue to see repeated demonstrations of amaterish behaviour such as the issue highlighted above.Sounds like infighting and empire building.

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TrevorA

Friday, March 8, 2013
Thats how I know what has happened, LOL, if I wasnt then I wouldnt be able to say anything would I. But it is going to be interesting to see how this plays out as there is a lot more to this story.

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Jackie Tolson

Friday, March 8, 2013
Flash mob demonstrations don't need any political persuasions or affiliations. The natives are getting restless,it's as simple as that !

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nrg

Friday, March 8, 2013
@Jackie Tolson - well you would say that wouldn't you Jackie? You are after all an administrator for Wisbech Immigration Issues Facebook page. an impartial opinion you are not!

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Clarkson Cross

Thursday, March 7, 2013
@Jackie Tolson - well you would say that wouldn't you Jackie? You are after all an administrator for Wisbech Immigration Issues Facebook page. an impartial opinion you are not!

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Clarkson Cross

Thursday, March 7, 2013
I have followed Sharon from when she was first asked to be a UKIP member and to stand for Wisbech. She applied for her membership through Chris Pain as Chris Pain told us that if anyone wanted to join he could do it free. It was after that she was approached to stand for Wisbech, she said at the time she still had not got her membership thru, so she waited then she was called into a meeting where she was told she was a member and she could stand for UKIP in Wisbech. Nothing has been done underhand, no one has given themselves any titles within UKIP. Sharon has recently had a lot of hate mail due to bringing attention to the problems Wisbech local people are having to deal with. She has made many friends and aquaintances and been there for a lot of people, because of her honesty and dynamic personality her popularity has grown. There obviously is some very disgruntled people out there and for some reason or other the Wisbech people may now lose the one person that was prepared to stand and fight for them to keep Wisbech that little ole town that everybody used to visit and love once upon a time

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Jackie Tolson

Thursday, March 7, 2013
If they are organising a demonstration and have given false details to the authorities surely the so called demonstration should be cancelled? is this a far right organisation trying to have a voice and instigate social divide under the "flag" of UKIP?

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Clarkson Cross

Thursday, March 7, 2013

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