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11.06.2023 - 17:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Oldham has come under the microscope in recent years for a political melodrama that has seen three successive leaders dethroned amid swirling social media conspiracy theories.
Its politics has frequently been branded as ‘toxic’, and most recently described as ‘definitely something that’s not right or normal’ by its current leader.
Political heads of Oldham council have experienced death threats and regular abuse, while councillors described being called 'paedos' by people on the doorstep and social media pile-ons which also targeted family and friends. Two years ago a leader's car was fire-bombed outside her home.
“People use the word toxic a lot, but it fits, because it is poisonous,” a serving Oldham Labour member tells the M.E.N.
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Like Westminster, local authorities have their own scandals, upheavals and election shocks. But many people involved in the region’s politics see the borough, once the beating heart of England’s industrial revolution, as an anomaly within Greater Manchester.
“I think a lot of what goes on in Oldham sends shivers down the spine of those outside of the borough,” says one Labour councillor in a neighbouring GM authority.
In last month’s local elections the Conservative party saw more than a thousand of their seats wiped out across England, including losing control of Bolton’s town hall - with Labour making significant gains.
But in Oldham, the trends were reversed. The Tories increased their presence to become the largest opposition group on the council benches, and Labour was reduced down to 32 councillors, the fewest elected in the borough since 2010.
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