In the recent May local elections, the Tories lost many council seats to Labour, including control of Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet. In Tameside, the Tories gained two council seats from Labour - Hyde Godley and Ashton Hurst.
The controversial issue of the Godley Green development which entails building 2,150 homes on green belt land, has proven to be a cause celebre in Hyde. It certainly is the main reason why Labour lost the seat to the Conservatives, who have dubbed Brenda Warrington, the Labour leader of Tameside Council, 'Brenda the Bulldozer'. The former cigarette worker, seems to have antagonised a lot of people when she declared of the development that she would "ram it down your throat." You might call it Brenda Warrington's, 'Gerald Ratner Moment'.
Now there are opponents within Tameside Labour, who are to plotting to oust Warrington as the Labour leader at the next AGM. One of the plotters, Councillor Ged Cooney, says he's been approached to challenge Brenda Warrington for the leadership. The council leader says she will not be "bullied, harassed or intimated " into standing down from the position she has held since 2018.
The Labour leader claims that her long time ally, Councillor Oliver Ryan, has been forced to switch allegiances by a prominent MP, to avoid his political ambitions being destroyed. According to Labour sources, the MP is Angela Rayner. Councillor Ryan, who some believe, wants to be selected as the prospective Labour candidate for Burnley at the next General Election, denies the allegation.
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Well, despite Brenda The Bulldozer saying that she will not be bullied harassed or intimidated into standing down, did what she always has done and that is gone back on her word, as at 7pm Saturday 14th May 2022, she stood down and offered no contest to the Councillor Ged Cooney.
Their Labour group meeting on Sunday will accept this offer.
Let us hope that the failing Tameside Council may get a kick up the backside for now and regenerate some of the life back into the towns.
The term Shameside, used by many of its residents hopefully will be shaken off over the next forthcoming months.
Industry and Integrity.
The Blueknight.
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