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Senior Tory councillors insisted election night was “beyond their wildest dreams” as the party won three seats. Discussions are now in full swing over forming a coalition with 23 seats in the borough now blue and leader Tony Cox confident of achieving a Tory minority administration. The party sits three seats short of having full control of the council. Mr Cox said: “The polls show this administration has been rejected. Residents don’t want the Independents propping up the council any more. “They’ve made no gain, and they’ve eroded the lead they’ve had. “What’s happened is beyond our wildest dreams.”
Inspirational - Tamkeen Shaikh A TORY Southend Council candidate has refused to “bow down” after she was subjected to a tirade of “vile” social media abuse Tamkeen Shaikh, 41, from Southend, who is standing as a Conservative for Westborough, refused to stop challenging the “disgusting” remarks. One troll even linked women wearing headscarves to extremism but Ms Shaikh insists she will continue speaking out about vile trolls. She said: “There have been many other incidents and Twitter is a place where you cannot control what goes on, especially when people retweet you. “I’ve turned off my private messages on Facebook because the amount of abuse I was getting was so awful.