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I AM writing as a concerned citizen of the Bromsgrove district.

I am starting to get concerned about the Julie Must Go group and the petition.

I was in support of the campaign as it was being done for the right reasons and signed the petition knowing that it would be passed to the Conservatives to show the strength of feelings in Bromsgrove about what Julie has done.

It always goes to whom you are petitioning against.

I had a look on the Facebook site of the group and am concerned about the tone it is now taking with Mark France now stating on the ‘wall’ of the site that: “The local Tory party are starting a witchunt against supporters of the campaign picking on me as the spokesman and they have used their influence to try to get me sacked from my job.

“No doubt they will target other people who signed. We need to have a meeting of supporters and decide together how to proceed.”

He then states: “It has been suggested to me that we ‘dedact’ or is it ‘redact’ the petition by blacking out ‘details that can identify personal details’ just as the MPs’ have done with their expenses receipts! These people are unscrupulous... and vicious....”

I have added comments on the wall, but Mr France saw good to remove 50 per cent of the comments even though he believes in free speech.

It appears that the media and residents of Bromsgrove are being duped and manipulated by Mr France to further his cause. The comments that I added and he removed are below “Mark France states below that the group should behave like the government and “hide” the info by blacking out the details.

“If this happens then the group is doing the same as the government. The mood in the country is disgust that the government has blacked out the info so now the Julie Must Go campaign would be doing the same thing. So they will be seen as on the same level as the MPs.

“Come on – if this campaign is to remain non-political then hand over the petition now to the people it was intended to go to.

“If this campaign is going to be used to further Mark France’s political aspirations then the feelings of the Bromsgrove people will have been abused as this is appearing to be a means to keep Mr France in the public eye.”

Why is the trouble he is in at the moment someone else’s fault?

When you start a job you are given a contract and you are advised on the responsibilities that go with the job.

Is he hoping that the media will make the DWP keep him?

There are many people that work in the civil service and abide by these rules, why is he different?

Andy Bayliss via email


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honestscott, redditch says...
2:29pm Thu 2 Jul 09

i feel the personal attacks on mark france (mainly from the Tories) really are unfair he did not force ms kirkbride to claim what she did but he along with others stood up and started a petition which the people of bromsgrove supported in large numbers (just like they have in redditch) people should be thanking him rather than writing letters to the local press. WELL DONE MARK AND THE JULIE MUST GO CAMPAIGN

Suzie Bennett, Bromsgrove says...
10:23am Mon 6 Jul 09


It seems to me that Mark Anthony France has the best of both worlds being paid to stay at home and campaigning and playing the media to massage his huge ego. He obviously likes to spend his time on the internet writing emails and letters , organising petitions, to bleat about how hard he finds it to get work and then when he gets a job, he complains that he is being victimised and harassed by the "bullying management". Mark's love of the internet, writing to newspapers ,political forums and of course Facebook is quite apparent, he has written quite a lot about his politics and past employers.
A simple search revealed that in the 2.5 years he lived in Bromsgrove he has worked for a private sector firm looking after people with learning difficulties. He claimed he was being bullied by a younger female senior support worker. His next job was as a Council parking attendant. Again he claimed he had to work for bullies and after he tried to unionise the workforce they dismissed him but not before he tried start a grievance under the councils bullying and harassment policy. He failed. Luckily for Mark he could claim JSA for another six months as he was sacked. In case you're wondering JSA =Job seekers allowance for those who have worked hard to stay employed and have never needed to know what JSA stands for.
When that ran out Mark got another job in a school as a behavioural support worker. And poor old Mark, not having much luck, found that again he had to tolerate "Bullying staff… bullying kids… terrible atmosphere". His contract was cancelled.
Mark has been lucky enough to have been given 4 chances of employment since moving to Bromsgrove 3 years ago so far he has lost 3 of them "all due to bullies who try to cover up for their incapacity, their incompetence by exercising power over people more vulnerable than them."

This year Mark Anthony France landed himself his 4th job with the Deparment of work and Pensions (DWP )giving out JSA he's enjoyed but now he is taking action against his local managers "in relation to the bullying and harassment I experienced from day one on the job" ”
Mark has been off sick for a while, but it would appear only sick enough not to go to work , he is well enough run his campaigns to get rid of Julie Kirkbride and get the TV cameras in again to cover his story of how he is a being victimised and not capable of doing the job he is being paid for. He is now seeing a counselor on Tuesday ( paid by the taxpayer?) to assist him in gaining confidence! If you've ever met Mark Anthony France you would know that the size if his ego and that he is very articulate and can talk the hind legs of a donkey. He does not have a lack of confidence, quite the opposite. He is confident that he knows every trick in the book and he knows better than anyone how to exploit the system, his unfortunate employers and YOU the tax payer/constituents of Bromsgrove.

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