Manchester United fans have been left delighted after the club confirmed the signing of Lisandro Martinez from Ajax.
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A Manchester councillor has quit Labour to join the Greens, saying she felt 'constantly at odds' with the culture of the largest party at the town hall. Hulme councillor Ekua Bayunu has defected to the Green Party today, making the group of three the official opposition at Manchester council now.
She blamed 'bullying' and 'harassment' in Labour locally and said that being a black woman and a socialist in the party has become 'increasingly untenable'. However, Labour says these claims were found to be 'without foundation'.
Coun Bayunu said: "On a local level, I have been subjected to bullying and harassment. It was specifically very targeted when I became a councillor based on a number of things. Based on my politics, but also, based on who I am, my relationship with this country and my place in it."
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Elected in May 2021, Coun Bayunu was the first to challenge Sir Richard Leese's leadership for two decades, just weeks after becoming a councillor. Hailing from the left of the party, she replaced deputy leader Nigel Murphy in Hulme after he was deselected and received 15 votes in her bid to be leader.
The 60-year-old, who joined Labour in 2016 inspired by then-leader Jeremy Corbyn, does not support the direction Sir Keir Starmer is taking the party in. And she says she hasn't seen enough of a 'culture shift' locally since Coun Bev Craig took over as council leader in December to ignore the national picture.
In a letter to her constituents, the Hulme councillor said: "I have felt hampered in my ambition to serve you all to the best of my ability. I have felt constantly at odds with the culture of the Labour
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