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The image in question. (via Nick Thornsby) Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas has been accused of manipulating an image of his election rival Elwyn Watkins. The allegedly photoshopped image of Mr Watkins in front of a row of police officers appeared in one of Mr Woolas’ leaflets during the general election campaign. The allegations were made today in [...]
Phil Woolas, photographed in his campaign office in April. Phil Woolas has denied doing anything wrong, after he was featured in a Channel 4 News story about money spent during the general election campaign. The programme reported that the Saddleworth MP ordered but didn’t use 23,000 campaign leaflets, and therefore didn’t [...]
One of the leaflets in question The future of Phil Woolas as Saddleworth’s MP will be decided by an election court in less than two months’ time. It was revealed today that two High Court judges will travel to Oldham for five days of hearings, beginning on Monday 13 September. Mr Woolas [...]
The Wool Road roundabout between Uppermill and Dobcross. Oldham Council leader Howard Sykes has proposed spending £10m on the borough’s roads over the next “three to four” years. He told Saddleworth News that a “significant number” of the roads to benefit from the cash would be in our area. The [...]
Phil Woolas, photographed in his campaign office before the general election. Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas has admitted he became so frustrated by the job of Immigration Minister, that by earlier this year he’d decided he didn’t want to do it anymore. Extracts from his diary have been published in The Independent, [...]
One of the controversial leaflets. A special court has agreed to hear a case that could lead to a new election in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency. The election court will examine whether Labour MP Phil Woolas broke the law when controversial claims about his Liberal Democrat opponent were made [...]
One of the controversial leaflets. The head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has entered the row about the general election literature of Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas. Trevor Phillips, himself a former Labour politician, has described some of the language used in the party’s leaflets here as “not helpful.” The beaten Liberal Democrat [...]
Elwyn Watkins in Dobcross during the election campaign. He lost by 103 votes, but has now begun a legal challenge. The Liberal Democrat who lost by just 103 votes in Oldham East and Saddleworth at the general election has begun a legal challenge to the result. Elwyn Watkins alleges that the [...]
Dove Stone Reservoir The man who runs the Peak District National Park Authority has said he’s looking forward to working with the new government, as well as with new local politicians from all parties. Jim Dixon used a post on his blog to describe our national parks as a “frontline service” [...] Below is a letter to the editor sent by David Bentley, who stood for UKIP in the Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency in last week’s general election. He finished fifth with 1,720 votes, which was 3.9% of the poll. I’ve reproduced the letter in full. If you would like to respond to the points made in [...] |
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