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Philip Davies MP for Shipley 2005-20xx?

or woman scribbled this graffito.’   A ‘singular’ politician Philip Davies is a candidate in the June 2017 Westminster election. Like other former members of parliament, by rights he should not currently be titled MP.

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Rotherham’s Serious Crimes

For fourteen years Jayne Senior tried to help girls from Rotherham who had been groomed, raped, tortured, pimped and threatened with violence by sex traffickers. Only by becoming  a whistleblower, sharing confidential documents to expose the scandal for The Times … Continue reading

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Doncaster in the Political Spotlight

The Directly Elected Mayor: is the council’s political leader and is elected by constituents on a four-year term of office has executive powers and is responsible for the effective implementation of council policy and delivering services has eight cabinet members to advise … Continue reading

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Rotherham Rant 2

It is 6 years since the first rant was published – see below Only now are there any signs of getting to grips with the myriad problems for this town. In a couple more years I will revisit the improvements … Continue reading

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