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@RalphBlackburn @finnsmithjourno @SheffieldStar This felt relevant.

@HolyoakeJ14576 @MattSmi78781885 @RalphBlackburn @finnsmithjourno @SheffieldStar No thanks.

@MattSmi78781885 @RalphBlackburn @finnsmithjourno @SheffieldStar He can remain as an Independent councillor. There does not have to be a re-election.

Breaking: Reform has suspended new Sheffield councillor Nathaniel Menday, after further social media posts were uncovered by my colleague @finnsmithjourno for the @SheffieldStar which included a huge photo of a Nazi flag with a swastika on it and a photo of Hitler's Mein Kamf.

@RalphBlackburn @finnsmithjourno @SheffieldStar That's another £20k wasted for a re-election.... Currently since last Thursday Reforms vetting process has cost the taxpayer £140k and rising daily.

@RalphBlackburn @finnsmithjourno @SheffieldStar Can local councils charge Reform for all the new elections that are going to be needed? Tice said they’d assess this guy *if* he was elected, but that should have happened *before* he was elected so as not to waste taxpayers’ time and money

@RalphBlackburn @finnsmithjourno @SheffieldStar I don't know where they get it from.

@RalphBlackburn @boilarsedog @finnsmithjourno @SheffieldStar

@RalphBlackburn @finnsmithjourno @SheffieldStar Yet again, it's the media - not Reform - exposing the far-right thugs and neo-Nazis that Farage's party are happy to recruit. We've told you before - and we'll keep telling you: Vote Reform, get racists.

Make sure you read @finnsmithjourno's brilliant exclusive here. It shows the importance of investigative local and regional journalism. thestar.co.uk/news/politics/…

I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election. I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics. Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic. Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures. However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people. Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place. I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that. Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again. ENDS

@Nigel_Farage In other words a photographer was legally taking photos from a public road and not trespassing.

@Nigel_Farage You think you need security to protect you from an accredited national photographer? Sounds a lot like something Robert Mugabe would have said.

Not unacceptable - it is called scrutiny You don't seem to have any issue when other MPs are hounded on their doorsteps. Play the victim as much as you like - the public are sick of it. Same goes for the temu Trump attacks on journalists and the ever changing excuses for behaviours to confuse the narrative

@Nigel_Farage You need security against legitimate investigative journalism, so that your corruption isn't revealed? Not a good look. Very Trumpy.

@Nigel_Farage Which property? There seem to be loads.

@KTHopkins Amazing how confidence disappears the second evidence and defamation law enter the chat. Lol 🤡

@KTHopkins Love this for Hatie ‘Nastygriftyoldshillforhire’ Shitkins.🥰👍

@KTHopkins Everyone screen shoot and keep reposting please!

@KTHopkins Screenshot for when it gets deleted

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