FORMER Dudley Council leader Pete Lowe says he and fellow Labour councillors are committed to listening to residents and trying to rebuild trust after the party s slaughtering at the local election last Thursday (May 6). Cllr Lowe, who represents Lye and Wollescote and has stood for Parliament in Stourbridge as well as throwing his hat in the ring in the early stages of the West Midlands mayoral race, said the pary would work hard to move forwards after the disastrous results which saw a number of long-serving, high-profile and hard-working councillors turfed off the council. He said: “Labour has heard loud and clear what the results in Dudley and the Black Country have told us. That it’s time for Labour to clean up and reconnect with working families.
LABOUR S Keiran Casey says he ll continue to do all he can to help the community of Upper Gornal and Woodsetton despite losing his council seat in last Thursday s local election. Cllr Casey, who had represented the ward since 2012, was among the Labour Party casualties ousted by the Conservatives who turned the borough blue overnight on May 6. The party s slaughtering at the polls has seen a number of long-serving, high-profile and hard-working councillors turfed off the council. But community-spirited Mr Casey, who polled 1,313 votes versus Conservative Mark Westwood s 1,397, has pledged to carry on doing his bit to help out colleagues and the community.
Cllr Patrick Harley, leader of Dudley Council. DUDLEY S Conservative Group has turned the borough overwhelmingly blue this morning after giving Labour a beating at the polls. The Tories now hold 46 seats on Dudley Council and have finally gained the majority that has eluded them in recent election battles. Councillor Patrick Harley, leader of Dudley s Conservative Group and Dudley Council, described the results as unbelievable and he added: It s been a long-time coming. Just three Labour councillors managed to hang onto their seats after voters went to the polls for the 2021 local election yesterday (Thursday May 6), while the Tories won a whopping 23.
Traditional faggots. Image - Marie Wurm/ Getty Images FACEBOOK has issued an apology after a local history group was warned it faced axing from the social media platform for ongoing discussions about faggots and peas. Admins of the Pensnett, Brierley Hill and Black Country Now and Then group on Facebook warned members they faced having their posts deleted and that the group itself could be shut down following repeated so-called breaches of the platform s community standards. The word faggots raised alarm bells and prompted warnings from the California based tech company as the term is widely used in a derogative way about gay people in the US.
Black Country residents have slammed woke Facebook rules after a local history group was threatened with a ban for discussing the local delicacy - faggots and peas.
Members of a popular community group on West Midlands heritage were left in disbelief after users were warned about posting offensive and homophobic content.
Faggots and peas is a traditional dish in the Black Country - but residents were told they were breaching community standards by using the word which can carry another hateful meaning.
Admin of the group Linda Beech, 64, from Bromley, Dudley, West Midlands, has now had to warn users to stop using the word faggot , which is sometimes used as a derogatory term for a gay person in the USA.