What a difference a month or so makes. On 4th March, 2023 a well known public house in the East Manchester suburb of Failsworth held a grand re-opening night after fears that the well established Mare and Foal would be lost for good following its abrupt closure two months earlier. The Marston’s owned pub, withContinue reading “What a Mare – new pub landlord faces boycott by locals”
Tag Archives: Neil Hindle
Councillor’s Facebook page hijacked by former Party colleague, he says
A controversial split in an East Manchester hyper-local political party, exclusively and progressively revealed by Neil Wilby Media over the past five weeks (read more here), took several new turns yesterday. Firstly, the Chair of the Failsworth Independent Party (FIP), Cllr Brian Hobin (Failsworth East), revealed that his councillor Facebook account was being controlled byContinue reading “Councillor’s Facebook page hijacked by former Party colleague, he says”
Raja to the rescue?
Fresh from saving The Coliseum in Oldham (the only man who could do so, he said) and the town’s two professional sports teams, Oldham Athletic (The Latics) and Oldham Rugby Leage Football Club (The Roughyeds), from the evils of a £1 million investment at Boundary Park, it appears, in his mind only, that Raja Miah,Continue reading “Raja to the rescue?”
‘The Truth, whole truth and nothing but’ says mystery voice
Over the past few years, a lengthy series of Neil Wilby Media articles has demonstrated, irrevocably, that there is nothing quite so ludicrous in local politics in Greater Manchester, or possibly the entire country, than a Failsworth Independent Party (FIP) councillor or official. Just one of those articles can be read here. It includes linksContinue reading “‘The Truth, whole truth and nothing but’ says mystery voice”
Councillor’s wife opens up over hyper-local Party split
A dramatic and hugely damaging split in the controversial and routinely disgraced hyper-locals, Failsworth Independent Party, was exclusively revealed by Neil Wilby Media over a month ago on its Facebook page. Yet again, the sleepy, plc owned local and regional media, whom, between them, were beaten to significant news on the patch by a small,Continue reading “Councillor’s wife opens up over hyper-local Party split”
Impropriety mystery after hyper-locals de-select two sitting councillors.
A split in a controversial hyper-local political party in Greater Manchester, that was first exposed exclusively by Neil Wilby Media in early March, 2023, has now turned into an ugly gash. The Failsworth Independent Party has courted, and indeed regularly sought out, controversy since it was founded in September, 2019. Two months later they adoptedContinue reading “Impropriety mystery after hyper-locals de-select two sitting councillors.”
Oldham Council belatedly reveal local election candidates
Whenever someone uses the age old phrase ‘Couldn’t run a p*ss-up in a brewery’ the mind, these days, turns almost automatically to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council‘s senior executive team. Where simple, basic standards of performance, or the requisite ethical and professional standards to guide them, appear almost completely absent. The latest farrago to draw criticismContinue reading “Oldham Council belatedly reveal local election candidates”
‘This Council is being run like a circus full of clowns’
A dramatic headline, drawn from the very recent words of Cllr Lewis Quigg (pictured above) in a scathing attack about Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council on which he sits as a Member of the Conservative Party. For context, the post on the ‘Oldham Conservatives’ Facebook page earlier this week is reproduced here in full: “Oldham CouncilContinue reading “‘This Council is being run like a circus full of clowns’”
Mystery illness belatedly given as reason for councillor’s poor attendance record
Disgraced hyper-locals, the Failsworth Independent Party (FIP), recently named by HopeNotHate as a haven for the far right in their town (read report here), have belatedly claimed that serious illness has prevented one of their three elected councillors from fulfilling his duties. Since they were formed in 2019, scandal and disgrace has never been veryContinue reading “Mystery illness belatedly given as reason for councillor’s poor attendance record”
When deceit is your stock in trade
Much has been written elsewhere on this website about, very arguably, the most notorious hyperlocal political party in the country. It is a rare week, indeed, when the Failsworth Independent Party (FIP) is not embroiled in one scandal or another. Mostly brought about by the deceit and subterfuge that threads through just about everything theyContinue reading “When deceit is your stock in trade”
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