Malcolm Henderson

Cllr Jackie Grimwood has become the first ➡️ReformUK Civic Mayor of Doncaster 😎

EXC: Govt-Funded Cafe Owner Who Lashed Out at Farage Linked to Top Labour Figures. The founder of a publicly subsidized community café who wrote an open letter attacking Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has close ties to senior figures in Britain’s governing Labour Party—including Greater Manchester Mayor and Makerfield by-election (special election) candidate Andy Burnham, who personally amplified her complaint on social media. These are the details: PULSE POINTS ❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Gemma Crompton, Founder and Director of The Hamlet Wigan CIC, wrote an open letter to Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader visited her premises earlier this week. Farage visited the community café while campaigning in Makerfield, a parliamentary seat his party is vying to take from Labour. The Labour candidate, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, hopes to use it to launch a bid to replace Sir Keir Starmer as Labour leader and Prime Minister. Burnham and the media amplified Crompton’s letter on Friday—but without mentioning her ties to Labour figures, including Burnham. 🎯 IMPACT: Crompton accused Farage and his team of arriving at the café unannounced while Burnham was there, and creating an atmosphere that staff, trainees, and customers found “intimidating and overwhelming.” The Hamlet Wigan CIC is publicly subsidized, and Crompton—its sole director—received remuneration of £59,021 (~$79,300) in the most recent financial year, according to the organization’s own accounts signed off in December 2025. A typical salary in Wigan is around £34,000 a year. 📰 DETAIL: Crompton also appears to have ties to the Labour Party establishment in Wigan. A post from the Wigan Business account shows Crompton receiving a Gold award from Councillor David Molyneux, a Labour politician and former Council Leader. Crompton’s letter even admitted that the new Labour leader, Nazia Rehman, made her day “even more special” by confirming her cafe had been granted a 25-year lease with the full support of Wigan Council, i.e. local taxpayers. For Crompton to be using publicly subsidized premises for outward partisan campaigning so close to a special (by) election is almost unheard of, yet the corporate media has refused to reveal any of this information, instead portraying her as a small cafe owner who was overwhelmed by Mr. Farage having a cup of tea at her (or, rather, the taxpayers’) business. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “Why didn’t the BBC report that Gemma is close with the outgoing Labour council leader, who is one of Burnham’s bezzie [best] mates?” – Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse

Andy Burnham has today spoken out again in favour of a land value tax (LVT). While such a tax is popular with economists on a theoretical basis, it would in reality constitute a new vicious tax on gardens, family homes, farms and aspiration. Below are 8 key reasons why an LVT is a bad idea. Property in Britain is already hugely over-taxed. We need fewer property taxes, not another one. 1. It would become an additional tax rather than a replacement tax Given Burnham’s statements in recent years about land being under-taxed & Labour's desire to hoover up as much tax money as possible, it's almost certain that a land value tax will be an additional tax, not a substitute for council tax, stamp duty, or business rates. Britain already has the highest property taxes in the developed world, putting business in particular under considerable strain. Adding another layer of property tax will be an intolerable burden 1/8