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The above letter was disclosed earlier today on the Neil Wilby Media Facebook page, attached to a comment under a post about an Oldham Council elected Member, Cllr Lewis Quigg (Conservative – Royton North ward), and his close association with a notorious conspiracy theorist based in neighbouring Tameside, Raja Miah.

The fact that a letter had been sent to the Home Secretary last Autumn by four Oldham Conservative councillors, the other three being Cllr Dave Arnott (also Royton North), Cll Robert Barnes (Chadderton South) and Cllr Bethany Sharp (St James’) was made public at the time. But news of the reply never came and as far as can be ascertained this is the first time it has seen the light of day.

In the meantime, ex-Cllr Barnes, an avid Rabbler, along with Cllr Arnott, has lost his seat after being arrested at his home in September, 2022 over a rape allegation. He denies wrongdoing. Extensive enquiries over the past two weeks, running to twelve emails and two phone calls, have failed to persuade the Greater Manchester Police press office to confirm whether or not he is still on bail.

The reason why the Oldham Tories have concealed the Home Office letter for so long is clear: It heavily undermines the repeated outpourings, by Miah, his tame councillor puppet and their support group that self-styles as ‘The Rabble’, that it is Labour-controlled Oldham Council that has blocked a public inquiry into oft-repeated, and, so far, evidence-free, allegations that the Oldham Labour Party, including its three sitting MPs, in concert with an entire police force, its safeguarding partners, senior paid council officers and the local and regional press entered into a wide-scale, long-term conspiracy to ‘cover up the sexual exploitation of white working class girls by Pakistani men’ in return for ‘Asian block votes’.

Home Office Minister for Safeguarding, Amanda Solloway MP, largely repeats to her fellow Tories what she told Jim McMahon, MP for Oldham West and Royton during an adjournment debate in August 2022 (read more here),

The Home Office letter is also very similar to the letter that was sent to the Group Leader of the Oldham Liberal Democrats, Cllr Howard Sykes, who had also pressed for a further CSE inquiry. Cllr Sykes did make public the response he received from Ms Solloway in September, 2022 (read more here).

Lewis Quigg and Robert Barnes were both strongly attached to those campaigning for ‘Justice for Ellie Williams’ whom had purportedly exposed Asian grooming gangs in the Cumbrian coastal town of Barrow-in-Furness. Raja Miah had jumped on the Ellie bandwagon when he thought there was money and political capital to be gained, but had little useful to say after she was convicted.

In January, 2023, Eleanor Williams was sent to prison for eight and a half years after a horrendous catalogue of lies and fantasies was exposed in Preston Crown Court and she was found guilty of multiple counts of perverting the course of justice (read more here).

The three remaining Oldham Tories were offered right of reply. They did not respond to the email carrying that invitation.

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Page last updated: Friday 28th July, 2023 at 10h55

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