{"id":131959,"date":"2021-06-26T19:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T23:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=131959"},"modified":"2021-06-26T19:54:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T23:54:58","slug":"upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/","title":{"rendered":"UPP candidate Anthony Smith trying to join ABLP, PM says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-17400105\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  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\/><\/a><\/div><p>Prime Minister Gaston Browne revealed tonight that the opposition United Progressive Party candidate for All Saints West has been trying to join the ABLP.<\/p><div id=\"antig-484659827\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, 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Browne revealed tonight that the opposition United Progressive Party candidate for All Saints West has been trying to join the ABLP. Browne made the disclosure tonight on the Browne and Browne show on Pointe FM. The ABLP leader said Smith intensified his efforts following the situation with current MP Michel Browne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":131960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPP candidate Anthony Smith trying to join ABLP, PM says - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UPP candidate Anthony Smith trying to join ABLP, PM says\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UPP candidate Anthony Smith trying to join ABLP, PM says\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UPP candidate Anthony Smith trying to join ABLP, PM says\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-26T23:50:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-26T23:54:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anthony-Smith.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"925\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"578\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"UPP candidate Anthony Smith trying to join ABLP, PM says\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-26T23:50:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-26T23:54:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/\"},\"wordCount\":68,\"commentCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:925\/h:578\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Anthony-Smith.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/upp-candidate-anthony-smith-trying-to-join-ablp-pm-says\/\",\"name\":\"UPP candidate Anthony Smith trying to join ABLP, PM says - 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