A window into the Murky world of anonymous social media
in Northumberland politics
In this very short preamble, we'll leave our
readers and the politicians of Northumberland with a few questions they may
wish to answer about what is needed to create a more positive discourse to
allow politics to function to the benefit of residents and politicians alike.This is an extract from an official letter and it lifts the lid on the perpetrators of anonymous social media sites which are purely designed to harass and intimidate. They proliferate and have been covered in the local media here
Some are the main offenders are Berwick
Deserves Better Than The Liberal Democrats and the Northumberland Murky
blogspot.
This site may be anonymous but we try to
present facts not conjecture, smear or intimidation. Our motto is the truth
will out and we're simply a site to publicise the tough issues that the council
and their political lackey's want to keep from your eyes. WE BELIEVE IN THE
PUBLIC INTEREST and we don't like to be bullied. If there's anything
factually wrong in our content please feel free to challenge it and if you're
right we'll correct. That hasn't happened once since we started by the way and
the corrections policy applies to the county council too.
The statement below beggars the question - who is Witness A?
"On 13th May 2017 Witness A attended
Berwick Police Station to be questioned about your allegations. In interview
she answered all questions put to her and confirmed she had made and published
all 19 comments referred to in your statement. She denied harassment and
stalking offences. Her responses formed part of the file of evidence. She
confirmed she was the administrator for the BDBLD site".
She's clearly been interviewed as part of an
investigation into harassment and stalking offences and was clearly interviewed
in Berwick. We've taken the decision not to reveal who she is because it would
be better coming from the elected member themselves. I'm sure she will want to
answer why she has hidden her identity for so long, regularly accusing others
of being involved in anonymous smearing online.
Now what is BDBLD? It is an anonymous site.
Witness A has confirmed that she is the administrator of the site. It
was set up to smear Liberal Democrats and has pushed some very nasty and
illegal smears which have been subject to official complaints. The most notable
is the claim that Liberal Democrat activists had stolen bundles of votes from
the 2017 local government count at Hexham. It was a clear smear and would have
been a serious breach of election law if it was true.
Witness A pushed that 'fake news' which was discounted completely by the
council legal team and Northumbria Police who neither had received an official
complaint. The Berwick Deserves Better Than The Liberal Democrat site alleged a
crime had taken place when it hadn't and there was also a general election
where this kind of serious smear could have influenced people's intention to
vote for party. A very similar modus operandi is operated on the Northumberland
Murky site which loves to push a story that illegal acts took place at Arch yet
there's been no evidence of any illegal acts.
Now we know BDBLD is run by and she is
responsible for the content of a nasty, smear site we think it's time she
answered the call to reveal herself as Witness A.
After all, she's one of the most prodigious
'keyboard warriors' who has a penchant for murky dealings along with being a
champion for transparency.
Step forward Witness A and reveal
yourself.
Tell us why you should be believed if you can
lie about bundles of votes being stolen by your opposition, what else are you
hiding? 
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