ER Editor: In the local council elections in England on May 7, Farage’s UK Reform Party gave Labour a drubbing. Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain party fought just one council, in Great Yarmouth, but got all members there elected. Rupert Lowe used to be an MP in Farage’s party, but they had an irretrievable falling out. Now there is just acrimony, which we feel could be scripted as so much else is right now. Recent past.
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Now there is a by-election in the constituency of Makerfield, with former mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham standing for Labour. HERE is updated information on that critical Makerfield by-election, to be held on June 18. Young Josh Simons, the sitting Labour MP, is stepping aside to let the high-profile Burnham step in. Both Lowe and Farage have their own candidates in play, with the resulting accusation against Lowe that he is splitting the populist right vote. Markham is a constituency in the north-west that straddles Greater Manchester and Merseyside.
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