News Theft charges


A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with 10 counts of theft acrosswest Kent. Between March 16 and June 14,


items including food and alcohol are alleged to have been stolen from supermarkets in Lenham, Aylesford, Kings Hill, Borough Green,EastMalling,Allington and Holborough. On June 20, officers arrestedCal-


lum Geary and charged him with 10 counts of theft. Mr Geary, of no fixed address.


was remanded toMedwayMagis- trates’ Court on June 21, where he was bailed to appear beforeMaid- stoneMagistrates’Court asDowns Mailwent to press.


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Brexit Party could take Kent seats in election


THREE of our four local MPs wouldlose their seats to theBrexit Party if a general electionwere to be called, according to the re- spected polling website Electoral Calculus. Conservatives Helen Whately


(Faversham & Mid Kent), Helen Grant (Maidstone and theWeald) and Tracey Crouch (Chatham & Aylesford)wouldleaveparliament while TomTugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling) would hang on, ac- cording to the prediction service. Allwould seemassive Toryma-


jorities wiped out, if the polls proved correct. Only Mr Tugend- hat would scrape back in, with a majority of 2.4%. Electoral Calculus uses polling


data, trends and analysis to reach its conclusions but does not take into account local factors. Nationally, theTorieswouldpay


aheavyprice for failing to leave the EU, according to the site. Electoral Calculus says that data


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pictured, told DownsMail that he expectedparliamentary candidates to be announced shortly. He said: “It is a bit premature to


be talking about target seats in Kent but, yes, we will field candi- dates there and it will be serious. And, yes, that means Maidstone. It’s all a bit up in the air.” Mr Johnson is widely tipped to


becomePMaheadofhis challenger JeremyHunt by the end of July. One local Tory activist told


suggests the Conservatives would crash to just 87 seats fromits pres- ent 313, while the Brexit Party would take 193. Labour would achieve 238, 88 short of a working majority, and the LibDems 60. The site says that a hung parlia-


ment ismore likely than any other outcome at this stage. Tory activists hope a Boris John-


son premiership and a clean break from the EU on October 31 will neutralise the Brexit Party threat. Brexit Party leaderNigel Farage,


DownsMail: “Boris appearsdeter- mined to get us out byOctober 31. “It ispossible hewill stumble be-


cause hewon’t be able to renegoti- ate the deal. No deal can’t get through parliament so it could be a short premiership. “The Brexit Party is a far better


run organisation thanthe shambles ofUkip sowe should beworried.” Downs Mail approached both


MPs but Mr Tugendhat did not answer our call andMiss Crouch declined to respond.


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