ICYMI this is the article that got me labelled a 'crank', a 'conspiracy theorist' and a 'left-wing fake journalist' by a government minister who willingly contributed to it.

For today's The Yorkshire Post I wrote a short preview of Thursday's Tees Valley mayoral election.
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ECX: The charity commission is investigating “despicable” and “atrocious” comments made by ‘Britain’s liberal imam’ after he said MPs such as Sir Keir Starmer should be “called out” for having Jewish family members.

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I've had an awful week on a personal level.

An MP, a government minister no less, going to these lengths to say how they're not mad about me has given me a much needed boost.

And to say I have a 'conspiracy theorist wall' affords me much more organisation than I could dream of.

For today's The Yorkshire Post I wrote a short preview of Thursday's Tees Valley mayoral election.
yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/…

Steve Gibson, owner of Middlesbrough FC, and Paul Booth, former chair of SABIC UK, former members of the board that founded Teesworks, call Ben Houchen “totally incompetent” and call for a deal struck three months after they were sacked to be renegotiated: on.ft.com/4aQopjX

As I understand it, any leftover money that Vaughan Gething took from a criminal to fund his campaign to be First Minister is due to be sent to the UK Labour Party by mid May.

You did the right thing when we asked you to intervene in Sheffield, when its council was vandalising the city for £s, Michael Gove - and look where that led. Please do the right thing on Teesside. Doing the right thing now will pay you back in time. #TruthOnTeesside

A Parliamentary report about freeports published today tells Michael Gove he must direct the National Audit Office to “scrutinise the expenditure of public funds” associated with Teesworks.

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At the Riverside tonight for the Steve Gibson Q&A charity do.

Q: ‘You get those people on the internet questioning you who couldn’t run a bath…..’

SG: ‘You mean Ben Houchen?’