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General UK politics VIII - The Last Tory

The youngest council leader in the UK has taken on the top role at a second council.

Reform UK's George Finch, 19, the leader of Warwickshire County Council, was voted in as leader of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council on Wednesday evening.

With backing from Conservative councillors, he saw off opposition from Labour Group leader Brady Hughes, who presented him with a Ladybird book about climate change as a "gift" for his victory.

Finch responded by suggesting it would be "the first thing on the bonfire" when Reform looks to reshape the council.

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Reform UK's George Finch, 19, becomes leader of second council

Finch now heads Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council as well as Warwickshire County Council
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Reform UK councillors who recently gained control of two new town councils say they want to abolish the very authorities they have been elected to run.

The party won the elections in Bournemouth and Poole earlier this month but said its main stated aim was to offer residents a chance to vote to get rid of them altogether...

Mark Anderson, a former BCP Conservative councillor, said he did not want the authority he is likely to lead to succeed.

"I don't see the necessity for us to have this third-level council," he said.

"We're going to listen to what residents have said.

"They said they don't want it, they've said they don't want high council tax, they said they don't want to pay twice for services that BCP should be providing."

And if that means binning, or consigning these new town councils to the dustbin of history?

"We'll carry out a consultation and this time we'll listen to what the people of Bournemouth say," he said.

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Reform UK in Dorset wants to abolish new town councils they now run

The Reform UK leaders of two new town councils say they will give voters the chance to abolish them.
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Andy_Ross said:
Annunziata Rees-Mogg
@zatzi
It’s “not very British” to trash the economy, wipe out jobs and livelihoods, kill farming, brand most voters as ‘far right’, let anyone in and put them in houses and hotels, choose Moscow over Aberdeen and agree to be subjugated by our neighbours.

What is very British: peacefully making your point clearly, speaking truth to power, patriotism.
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So when did that happen?
 
P.J. Denyer said:
Even for the Party of Nadine Dorries, Whately is outstandingly stupid. But with Labour actually reducing small boat crossings and reducing the back log of asylum applicants it's harder for the Tories to blame Labour for the problem the Tories deliberately created. A new target is needed for their supporter's five minute hate.
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Just the one?
 
Richard Tice MP 🇬🇧
@TiceRichard
Labour cannot wash their hands of these electoral fraud allegations in Manchester - Burnham’s patch

They whine about money sources -what about fake candidates to get own people elected?

How widespread is this?

Will Labour conduct full internal inquiry?

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Robert Jenrick
@RobertJenrick
We have a spiralling benefits bill.

A record tax burden.

Youth unemployment is the highest level in a decade.

Nothing the Chancellor announced will begin to fix that

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No mention of how much all the Reform drop outs have cost over the last year, there are dozens of them, or Reform's laughable vetting.

Nine by-elections are to be held this summer to replace candidates voted into office at the London local elections earlier this month, some of whom were found to be ineligible to take up their posts.

Of those, eight were from the Green Party, which has been criticised by opposition parties for poor vetting procedures. The ninth was won by Labour.

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Ineligible Greens may cost up to £250,000 for new by-elections

A number of Green councillors are ineligible to take up elected positions, leading to by-elections.
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Channel 4 News
@Channel4News
Exclusive: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage owes almost £10,000 after he ended up with a county court judgment, Channel 4 News can reveal.

A Reform UK spokesperson said he was unaware of the judgment until we brought it to his attention.

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Andy_Ross said:
Channel 4 News
@Channel4News
Exclusive: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage owes almost £10,000 after he ended up with a county court judgment, Channel 4 News can reveal.

A Reform UK spokesperson said he was unaware of the judgment until we brought it to his attention.

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To which of The Shallow One's several "homes" were the details of the judgement sent? Or were they sent to Mar a Lago?
 
Martin Daubney 🇬🇧
@MartinDaubney
🚨HERE COMES THE STARMADA!🚨
It'a a Red Flag day in the Channel today. Calm seas & low winds guarantee the invasion of Britain by illegals will continue

They'll be tucked up in a taxpayer-funded hotel by this evening - all paid for by you!
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Andy_Ross said:
Martin Daubney 🇬🇧
@MartinDaubney
🚨HERE COMES THE STARMADA!🚨
It'a a Red Flag day in the Channel today. Calm seas & low winds guarantee the invasion of Britain by illegals will continue

They'll be tucked up in a taxpayer-funded hotel by this evening - all paid for by you!
TUNE INTO @GBNEWS FOR ALL THE LATEST
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It's almost like he's wilfully ignoring the recently released stats about numbers of migrants?

Or is that because they came from the ONS and so must be An Establishment Cover Up?
 
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