Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has stated his party holds 'no ceiling' on its electoral ambitions, aiming to challenge Labour and the Conservatives nationally. Davey also publicly backed the controversial Jackdaw gas field project, expected to receive UK government approval.
Zack Polanski, co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, called for Donald Trump's Scottish golf courses to be seized and brought into 'community ownership', citing Trump's involvement in 'illegal and unpopular wars'. Trump International Scotland responded by labelling Polanski's remarks 'ludicrous and ignorant'.
Farmer Alan French, 76, is refusing to vacate his Godley farm, Far Meadow Farm, despite Tameside Council's plans to construct 2,150 new homes as part of the Godley Green Garden Village development. French has previously been displaced twice by compulsory purchase orders for other developments and states he will not move from his current property.
