Dozens of campaigners gathered outside Dukinfield Town Hall this evening (Tuesday 20 May) in a renewed call for shamed MP Andrew Gwynne to quit his job.
Protesters staged the rally outside Dukinfield town hall at the same time as the full council meeting.
Offensive messages from the WhatsApp group ‘TriggerMeTimbers’ were leaked to the national press and sparked outrage amongst the public.
Gwynne, who was apart of the scandal, was stripped of his health ministerial role and suspended from the Labour Party, but he does still hold the position of constituency MP as an independent councillor for Denton and Gorton.
They also called on local councillors caught up in the ‘TriggerMeTimbers’ WhatsApp scandal to step down too and allow the town to move on.
Tony Moran, a Denton resident joined the campaigners.
He told the Reporter: “We've had thousands upon thousands of comments on Facebook. People are absolutely bitter, annoyed, and disgusted, and that is where I can come from.
“I feel disgusted and let down by the very people I elected to look after my interests and everybody else's interest, but they betrayed me. So that's why we're here today.”
Ten Labour borough councillors were also suspended from the party pending the internal investigation, but remain as serving councillors, sitting as independents.
The protesters organised the peaceful protest to ‘exercise their right to demonstrate their disgust’.
In Burnley, MP Oliver Ryan, a former Audenshaw councillor who was also a member and posted in the WhatsApp group, has also come under fire. The local council there condemned his actions only last week.
He apologised for his involvement but was also suspended from the Labour Party pending the continued investigation.
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