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HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 02:37:16 JST

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A grandmother who claims she was referred to as a “hag” by Andrew Gwynne said the former minister swore at her during a doorstep row.

Elaine Cole, 75, alleged on Tuesday that she was at the centre of an argument on the campaign trail described by Mr Gwynne in a leaked WhatsApp chat. Mr Gwynne was sacked as a health minister and suspended as a Labour MP earlier this month over sexist and racist comments in the group chat.

In an exchange, first revealed by The Telegraph last week, Mr Gwynne told Labour colleagues he was “never allowed to canvas” a road in Greater Manchester again.

Writing in the Trigger Me Timbers group chat, he said: “It’s where I lost my s--- in the street with some Duki hag.”

“Duki” is a reference to Dukinfield, a town in the borough of Tameside located in one of Mr Gwynne’s neighbouring constituencies. David Sedgwick, a councillor on Southport council, replied: “Tbf [To be fair] there is nothing more satisfying than losing your rag with the electorate every now and again.”

Mr Gwynne added: “She made Claire cry, and she said the street was a s---hole, so I told her she f------ well lives there!”

Mr Sedgwick replied: “These people are so stupid they don’t realise they’re part of the problem!” In response, Mr Gwynne typed: “Her house was one of the s---tiest in the street.”

Speaking to Manchester Evening News, Ms Cole claimed Mr Gwynne swore at her by sticking his fingers up as he walked up the street.

She said: “He could have had a nice conversation with me if he hadn’t said: ‘Don’t listen to her, she’s a liar.’

“I shot down that path… I’m in my 70s. Even my son, who’s 56, daren’t call me a liar. I said: ‘Who do you think you’re calling a liar?’”

“He said: ‘It’s here.’ I said: ‘You shouldn’t have that... What are you doing with a clipboard with my name and address on saying who I vote for? That vote should be secret.’

“Then he started giving me a load of abuse... He was effing and jeffing at me as he walked up the street. He was putting fingers up at me and I just said: ‘Swivel on it.’”

She said that despite wanting to report the incident to Labour at the time, she did not know how to raise it with the party. Ms Cole said she now supports Reform UK.

In the same group chat, Mr Gwynne also joked about killing a fellow MP with a pickaxe and suggested a prominent member of the community should be bullied.

Further comments included a mocking response to a constituent who emailed him about bin collections that read: “Dear resident, f--- your bins. I’m re-elected and without your vote. Screw you. PS: Hopefully you’ll have croaked it by the all-outs [local elections].”

After his sacking on Feb 7, Mr Gwynne said in a statement: “I deeply regret my badly misjudged comments and apologise for any offence I’ve caused.”

He said he had served Labour all his life and that it was a “huge honour” to be appointed as a minister by Sir Keir Starmer.

Mr Gwynne went on to say he could “entirely understand” the decision to suspend him and hold an investigation.

Oliver Ryan, the MP for Burnley, was also a member of the Trigger Me Timbers group chat and was suspended days after Mr Gwynne’s sacking.

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Ji Fu (fu@hostux.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Feb-2025 16:43:26 JST

Ji Fu

Maybe #USL should focus on going more than a couple years without having teams folding before trying to compete with #MLS #Soccer #Football #Sports https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/usl-to-launch-first-division-men-s-league-here-s-everything-to-know-about-potential-mls-rival/ar-AA1z0fq6

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inquiline (inquiline@assemblag.es)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2025 15:27:07 JST

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"Cute" story about how a possum ate most of a chocolate cake and wound up needing medical attention has a bizarre twist:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/cranky-opossum-lands-in-hospital-after-eating-costco-bakery-item/ar-AA1z5c2E

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Kim Perales (kimperales@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 09:44:18 JST

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Students are showing more bravery than every GOP US Senator & Congressman. They're protesting the round up, detention, & #deportations of undocumented immigrants by the Trump admin. Students have walked out of numerous high schools in CA & TX. Middle school students at a military base in Germany have walked out of their school to oppose removal of diversity programs in MIL schools, while DEF Sec Hegseth visited.

#Protest #Immigrants #DEI #USPol
https://www.turnto23.com/news/in-your-neighborhood/bakersfield/kern-students-take-part-in-walkout-to-protest-immigration-polices

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/middle-school-students-at-us-military-base-protest-walk-out-during-pete-hegseth-visit/ar-AA1yV5jZ?ocid=BingNewsSerp

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ins0mniak (ins0mniak@majestic12.airforce)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 15:23:25 JST

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