"Andrew Gwynne, a former health minister, was suspended last year over offensive messages he sent in the Trigger Me Timbers group, including one saying he hoped a 72-year-old woman croaks it before an election. Six Labour councillors have now been found to have shown complete disregard for standards in public life, the Guardian has learned including one judged to have made several remarks that a reasonable person would find racist."
"The findings of a damning independent investigation into the WhatsApp group are due to be considered by councillors next week, less than four weeks before the crucial Gorton and Denton byelection expected on 26 February. Gwynne apologised again last week for messages he sent as he announced his retirement as the MP for the south-east Manchester seat. Keir Starmer is facing a challenge from Nigel Farage's Reform UK."
"A 94-page investigation concluded that one Labour councillor, George Newton, made several remarks that a reasonable person would find racist about the Labour MP Nav Mishra. Another, Jack Naylor, was judged to have made an antisemitic joke when he changed to lyrics to an Elton John song to And I guess that's why she hates all the Jews in a discussion about an unnamed person."
Six local Labour councillors breached standards in a WhatsApp group called Trigger Me Timbers. Andrew Gwynne was suspended last year over offensive messages in the group, including one saying he hoped a 72-year-old woman croaks it before an election. A 94-page independent investigation found George Newton made several remarks a reasonable person would find racist about MP Nav Mishra, and Jack Naylor made an antisemitic joke by altering Elton John lyrics. Newton and Naylor have been expelled by the party but continue to represent Denton. The investigation's findings will be considered less than four weeks before the 26 February byelection, raising electoral risk.
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