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😲KENT: "My lawyers have now chased them on several occasions and still have not been provided with any evidence to justify the claims they have made in the media."

https://t.co/R85eDUiA8M

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Link to the full petition: https://t.co/pK9IFrRryP

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🚨NEW: A local resident in Redditch has started a petition calling on Councillor Sue Eacock to resign.
It says: "Although these posts were largely made prior to her election, they show a long held, well established belief and topics covering a broad range of negativity towards a number of protected characteristics that would be a sackable offence in any workplace under the Equalities Act."

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🏆WIN: Within hours of Worcestershire Source highlighting the potential legal issues with Cllr Nikki Lloyd's website the site has now been updated to remove all references to Redditch Borough Council.

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🚨BREAKING: The Reform group deputy leader in Redditch has been accused of using public resources for political benefit. Cllr Nikki Lloyd has set up a website and podcast based at Redditch Borough Council's address whilst simultaneously promoting herself and Reform UK.

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This website carries prominent Reform UK branding and political content, yet uses a Redditch Borough Council email address and the Town Hall as its correspondence address.

Public resources should never be used, or appear to be used, for party political purposes.

The matter is with the Monitoring Officer to clarify whether these arrangements are appropriate.

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🚨BREAKING: The Reform group deputy leader in Redditch has been accused of using public resources for political benefit. Cllr Nikki Lloyd has set up a website and podcast based at Redditch Borough Council's address whilst simultaneously promoting herself and Reform UK.

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🚨NEW: The Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner for West Mercia @Mbayliss14 has joined calls for Councillor Susan Eacock to resign as Mayor of Redditch following concerns raised by local community leaders about her past posts on X, which were described as racist and homophobic.
https://t.co/S1q4DuoIu2

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🚨NEW: Community leaders across Redditch have expressed concern about the Mayor's racist posts on X, on an account she has now deleted.
A report by @tomedwardsbbchw quotes three community organisers with one saying:
"I've spent a lifetime trying to build bridges and fight against racism in all its forms, but it seems we still have a very long way to go."

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@reformexposed Interestingly, she shares the Redditch South County Council division with Roger Bennett who was suspended by the Conservative Party years ago due to posts on social media.

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Important to note that the WIGs have 1 councillor on Redditch Borough Council, and that the Labour group only needs 1 other councillor to vote with them in a motion of no confidence for it to pass (assuming the Tories and other INDs come to her rescue).
More likely the Conservatives and independents would abstain.

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🚨BREAKING: The leader of the Worcestershire Independent Group, Councillor David Taylor, has called on Councillor Sue Eacock to resign as Mayor of Redditch over her historic social media posts, which have attracted condemnation from community leaders who slammed them as racist and homophobic.

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🚨BREAKING: The leader of the Worcestershire Independent Group, Councillor David Taylor, has called on Councillor Sue Eacock to resign as Mayor of Redditch over her historic social media posts, which have attracted condemnation from community leaders who slammed them as racist and homophobic.

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We approached Councillor Eacock for comment a number of days ago, and she told Worcestershire Source that these posts were made in the post-pandemic climate when she was going through a tough time personally, and that the views expressed at the time are not the views she holds today.

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🚨NEW: Community leaders across Redditch have expressed concern about the Mayor's racist posts on X, on an account she has now deleted.
A report by @tomedwardsbbchw quotes three community organisers with one saying:
"I've spent a lifetime trying to build bridges and fight against racism in all its forms, but it seems we still have a very long way to go."

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For context, Cllr Eacock was installed as part of the deal between Reform and the Tories in Worcestershire where Reform councillors would take ceremonial posts in exchange for the administration going to the Tories.

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You can read the full story here:
https://t.co/bLVR0CITYp

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@PhilBerry19 That's an excellent point.

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🚨NEW: Reform Councillors in Redditch are circulating a graphic that claims they are both in opposition and control of the council at the same time, and that @cllrmattdormer is their puppet. The graphic also shows a council building surrounded by flames. Tap into the thread for analysis.

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What do you think about the graphic and its messaging?

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4/ The graphic is perhaps designed to control and damp down internal dissent against the deal within Reform circles. It perhaps intends to show them holding Cllr Dormer's feet to the fire, but instead looks like they want to scorch the earth and burn the council to the ground.