Nicola Sturgeon 's sister has said she would "rather vote Tory" than SNP leadership candidates Kate Forbes and Ash Regan.
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Two Stockport Labour councillors have resigned amid claims the party has failed to take action over bullying and harassment in the local group. Coun Andy Sorton and Coun Amanda Peers confirmed they were now standing as independents in impassioned speeches at the council’s annual budget setting meeting.
It comes just five months after Coun Matt Wynne - who has since formed the new Edgeley Community Association party - quit Labour alleging the local party had been taken over by the ‘far left’. The pair were responding to a public question from Rachel Glindon. She asked for an update on what action had been taken after it was revealed a woman was compared to ‘Jabba the Hutt’ in a WhatsApp group whose members included councillors and members of the local party. The offending remark was made by a trade union official. Coun Peers who was deemed 'unfit' to stand at the next local elections by the local candidate party's selection panel was the first to respond.READ MORE: Stockport council tax bills to rise by 4 per cent - but more kids will get free school meals and every neighbourhood will get £10k for community projects
She has always rejected the finding - which did not stop her from continuing as a Labour councillor till May, or being a member of the party - and describes herself as being 'intergrated' in the community she serves. The former cabinet member said the Labour group whip - Coun Kate Butler - had launched an investigation in September, but those involved had refused to cooperate.
However, Coun Peers said that when she personally tried to pursue this with the regional office and the national party she got no reply. She said: “I cannot be a member of an organisation that does not take bullying, discrimination and
Nicola Sturgeon 's sister has said she would "rather vote Tory" than SNP leadership candidates Kate Forbes and Ash Regan.
the Rodney Dangerfield of world leaders,” but Tucker Carlson inadvertently defended the president Wednesday night after pinning the South Carolina senator as a peddler of “anti-American stupidity.” And it all goes back to Russia.The takedown began Tuesday when Graham, speaking on “Hannity,” shared how he thinks the United States, specifically President Joe Biden, should respond after a Russian jet reportedly collided with a U.S. drone and sent it crashing down into the Black Sea. “We should hold them accountable, and say that if you ever get near another U.S.
Uh oh… Is this a sign of the end?!
An enormous 90-tonne bridge was successfully lifted into place in Stockport over the weekend — connecting the town’s train station to its soon-to-be-built transport interchange.
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which was a stunning rejection at the time — but he’s apparently not holding grudges anymore.“It really cemented to me that everything happens to me for a reason, right?” Burton told the A.V. Club in an interview published Monday.He said the dismissal sent him into a period of self-reflection — and he now believes the experience taught him “the perfect nature of all things.”He had even tried out the job for several episodes before longtime “Jeopardy!” executive producer Mike Richards scored a short-lived stint as the show’s lead in August 2021, beating out a surprised Burton.
Lidl has submitted plans for a ‘high quality’ new store on the site of a Stockport industrial works. The budget supermarket giant confirmed it was drawing up proposals for Cheadle Heath Works last year, and has now lodged an application with the council.
A South Scotland MSP is at the centre of a gathering political storm over the SNP leadership campaign.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Global streaming operation Netflix is forecast to spend $1.9 billion on local content in the Asia-Pacific region this year as group revenue from the region accelerates to 12%, according to a new report. The content investment spending figure represents a 15% hike. Netflix will grow revenues this year by 12% year-on-year to exceed $4 billion compared with 9% growth in 2022, says a new report published on Monday by Media Partners Asia.
Following the news that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have officially been asked by the Palace to give up their UK residence, Frogmore Cottage, the internet as been inundated with theories behind the decision. The couple were told they could no longer stay in the home, which was gifted to the couple by the late Queen in 2018 as a wedding present, the day after Harry’s controversial memoir Spare was released, with the keys to the property now being offered to Prince Andrew instead.
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