Labour’s Gorton and Denton byelection campaign hit by fallout from ‘vile’ WhatsApp chat
Exclusive: Report on six Labour councillors comes just weeks before byelection triggered by Andrew Gwynne’s retirementLabour’s campaign for a vital byelection has been dealt a fresh blow after six local councillors were found to have breached standards rules in a “vile” WhatsApp chat.Andrew...
<p>Exclusive: Report on six Labour councillors comes just weeks before byelection triggered by Andrew Gwynne’s retirement</p><p>Labour’s campaign for a vital byelection has been dealt a fresh blow after six local councillors were found to have breached standards rules in a “vile” WhatsApp chat.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/22/andrew-gwynne-pension-deal-could-open-path-commons-andy-burnham">Andrew Gwynne, a former health minister, was suspended last year</a> over offensive messages he sent in the “Trigger Me Timbers” group, including one saying he hoped a 72-year-old woman “croaks it” before an election.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/27/labour-gorton-denton-byelection-campaign-councillors-whatsapp-chat">Continue reading...</a>
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