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Nick Axford

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Labour councillor for Audenshaw (Tameside Council)๐ŸŒน BHAFC fan in Greater Manchester, lover of heavy metal, wordle enthusiast. Husband and Dad. Likes a castle to visit, spends much of a day shouting at spreadsheets. Wunt be druv.

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Disingenuous from Polanski, sadly something weโ€™re used to from him. Hopefully the increased spotlight on the Greens will allow for more scrutiny on some of the nonsense he comes out with.

04.03.2026 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Letโ€™s not forget Farage said he hoped Jaguar - a UK firm employing 32,800 people - would go bust because he didnโ€™t like some of their adverts. Their willingness to cause massive damage to the economy if it doesnโ€™t fit their idealised version of Britain is staggering.

03.03.2026 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Keep smearing the electorate Nige, Iโ€™m sure it will endear you to them.

Watching the pathetic Trumpian whinging from this lot shows a lot of the fragility of their movement, and should hopefully precipitate a sharp drop in their poll ratingsโ€ฆ

02.03.2026 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The mask slips. Farageโ€™s Trumpian rhetoric has no place in our democracy.

01.03.2026 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s my reply to your letter yesterday Zack Polanski - a reply that took you three weeks to draft

21.02.2026 10:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So after Farage forced Tice into announcing his own sacking as leader during the election campaign, heโ€™s now sacked him from the economic brief in favour of a Tory defector who helped a donor skip a ยฃ45m tax bill.

How much more humiliation can he take?

17.02.2026 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gorton and Denton by-election: Angeliki Stogia selected for Labour The councillor was chosen after Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham was blocked from standing.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great to be at the campaign launch for Angeliki today, a great candidate and someone who will be a fantastic MP for Gorton & Denton. Looking forward to getting out on the doorstep soon!

31.01.2026 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wouldnโ€™t surprise me! Heโ€™s not going to give up on his dream of the top job.

16.01.2026 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How long before Jenrick launches a leadership challenge in Reform - are we talking months, weeks or minutes? Farage may end up regretting this defectionโ€ฆ

16.01.2026 07:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers โ€“ up to and including an effective ban โ€“ against X.

Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Not good enough, particularly with Muskโ€™s failure to take meaningful action against X users breaking previous rules. Prevent this happening full stop, hand over details of those creating deepfakes.

09.01.2026 09:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ofcom urged to use 'banning' powers over X AI deepfakes It follows an ongoing backlash against the use of X's AI Grok to digitally remove clothing from images.

Ofcom urged to use 'banning' powers over X AI deepfakes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Horrifying, and seemingly just a game to Musk. If the Twitter owners wonโ€™t deal with this and the pathetic individuals who are doing this, ban the platform as you would any other media outlet.

09.01.2026 07:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What was thatโ€ฆ

30.12.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did Paqueta think he was playing rugby? Clear penalty! #bhafc

30.12.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A privilege to represent Audenshaw at our Remembrance ceremonies this weekend and to attend the parade in Ashton today.

We will remember them.

09.11.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Politics latest: More than a dozen Tory councillors defect to Reform More than a dozen Tory councillors have announced they are defecting to Reform this morning. It comes ahead of day three of the Conservative's annual conference in Manchester today.

news.sky.com/story/politi...

New party, same failed policies

07.10.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last night I voted for the biggest upgrade to workersโ€™ rights in a generation.

Today, this Labour government is one step closer to delivering it๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

16.09.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Farage at his press conference: โ€œFree speech does not include incitement to kill.โ€

Fully agree. But then why did he invite a woman who called for people to burn down hotels with migrants inside to speak at his conference?

15.09.2025 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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If you're considering calling it quits, just hang on. It may not seem like it right now, but better things are waiting for you just around the corner.

Please have a chat with someone you know, or give the Samaritans a bell on 116 123 (they're really lovely).

You matter.
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay

10.09.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yes Richard, I would not want to go to the pub with the Taliban - I try not to socialise with people whose interests involve torturing and killing dissidents. I also wouldnโ€™t want to do any deal with them to send people back for the aforementioned torturing and killing. Only a sociopath would.

06.09.2025 12:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What utter dickheads we areโ€ฆ

Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal

Farage and his MPs voted it down

Rayner gets binned over ยฃ40k in stamp duty

Farage dodges ยฃ44k, shrugs & strolls on

The mega wealthy win again.

06.09.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2724    ๐Ÿ” 1072    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 154    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
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Well this is horrifying.

06.09.2025 12:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wonderful demolition of Farage the free speech imposter from @raskin.house.gov - thank you!

03.09.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Goal scoring crisis? What goal scoring crisis? #BHAFC

27.08.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whilst there are issues with the immigration system, can we not at least agree that creating return deals with the Taliban of all people could be politely described as sociopathic? (As well as several less polite descriptionsโ€ฆ)

27.08.2025 12:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Utter garbage. She was a prisoner, nothing political about it. Reasonable people can disagree on any given sentence but the facts are clear:
- she incited serious violence
- PM did exactly nothing
- she went to jail because of what SHE did: committing a crime + pleading guilty

23.08.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 800    ๐Ÿ” 196    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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No place like HOME! ๐Ÿ˜

16.08.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Nervy shootout, but well done England! ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

17.07.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trip to Brighton today. Touch breezy out.

27.05.2025 16:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An extremely grudging congratulations to Palace this evening.

17.05.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cruel way to lose. Next season itโ€™s the title, Stockport. Good luck to Orient for the final.

14.05.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0