Reform council accused of ‘massive attack on local democracy’ after Nottingham Post ban
The reform Britain is accused of “a big attack on local democracy önce after prohibiting the joining of a local council leader from the participation of a leading local newspaper.
At the beginning of this week, Nottingham Post The Nottinghamshire District Council said that the reform administration will no longer interact with the team of local democracy journalists financed by the BBC by the BBC.
Despite the party’s claim to defend the free speech, the movement was greeted with anger. Editor of the article – Nottingham Post And the online pressure Nottinghamshire Live – said, “If the reform wins the next election, it is a worrying sign of future potential things”.
Meanwhile, the liberal democrats said that the movement was “from Donald Trump’s game book .. He urged Mr. Farage to call and call Reform’s Council leader Mick Barton to reversed his “dangerous and creepy” decision.
And Gedling Worker MP Michael Payne was accused of ür rank hypocrisy ”.
Speaking Protector– Nottingham Post Editor Natalie Fah said: “This is a great attack on local democracy. I have been a journalist for 20 years. We have landing and departments with all kinds of councils.
“We’ve been able to get along well, because the elected authorities accept it.
“If the reform wins the next election, it is a potentially worrying sign of potential things.
“What you see here in Nottinghamshire is probably a micro cosmo that Nigel Farage is a prime minister.
“They need to be responsible for the people who choose them. We do not take a political stance. We are not anti -reform. We are just trying to find out what happened.”
It began after an interview with a local council member – this showed that he had limited their summaries – he became viral in June.
Later, a story, published by the local news organization, appeared after looking at the plans to reorganize the local government and making claims about the internal disputes in the Assembly members of the Reform.
Reform Deputy Lee Anderson said that he would participate in boycott after defining journalists at the exit as çıktı out of the low -level shop called journalists ”.
Max Wilkinson, Lib Dem Culture, Media and Sports Spokesperson, said: “The movement of reform to prevent local journalists from reporting to the work of Donald Trump’s play book.
“This movement constitutes a dangerous and creepy precedent of reform to gain power national and opposes our deep -rooted British freedom freedom values.
“Nigel Farage pretends to be a championship championship: I urge him to take some responsibility for once in his political career, and he demands that the leader of the Notinghamshire District Council Mick Barton to reversed this decision.”
Mr. Gedling added: “The reform told us throughout the election and continues to tell us that they are a Free Speech and Transparency Party.
The forbidden means that none of the 41 reform members will not talk to Nottinghamshire Live and local democracy reporters, while the press officers were ordered to take out the media distribution lists. This means that journalists will not receive press releases or will not be invited to events.
Outlet claimed that they were told that they were told that they would testify from the reform council members in an emergency like a flood.
Reform UK was contacted for comment.
