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29-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Councillor hits out at ‘woke' 'fake news' event
This story is only available to Hereford Times subscribers. Click here to find out why and how to subscribe for exclusive stories. A Herefordshire town councillor has claimed an event to chart the direction of Hereford's new museum will be an exercise in 'woke virtue-signalling'. The latest in a series of events put on by Herefordshire Council's museums and galleries department, 'Contentious narratives' will 'invite local people to discuss how museums should respond to fake news, misinformation and contested histories'. The department's head Damian Etheraads said it would question 'how can we present complex or controversial subjects with integrity, resisting harmful ideologies without becoming dogmatic'. RELATED NEWS: Hereford protest in High Town: Great British National Strike Complaint over Herefordshire town councillor behaviour Councillors 'fail to attend or prepare for' key meetings This will help shape displays in the city's new £18-million museum and art gallery in Broad Street, on which building work is due to begin shortly, 'based on what matters to our communities', he added. But Coun Ewen Sinclair of Ledbury posted on Facebook: Herefordshire Council are funding an event to have an 'open' discussion, then the organiser will tell you what to think. He is going to discuss 'fake' news and 'misinformation'. Anyone who says disinformation and misinformation, is probably lying. Unfortunately I can't be there but can people please attend to question this self promoting, virtue signalling, woke and aggrandising individual. Who is squandering the Council Tax you pay. A council spokesperson said the public assembly is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of its package to support the museum and gallery project. What are your thoughts? You can send a letter to the editor to have your say by clicking here. Letters should not exceed 250 words and local issues take precedence. 'Their aim is to give Herefordshire people the chance to understand how we're approaching the redevelopment of the museum; not just what the plans are, but the thinking, values, and principles behind them,' they said. 'In the upcoming session we won't be telling people what to think.' OTHER NEWS: No takers for mayor role after town council's 'difficult year' Anger as £25K spent on study to boost town's tourism Victory in builder's battle to keep living in caravan The event is being held at the History Store, the council's museums repository in Friars Street, Hereford, on Saturday June 7. It is free to attend with no booking required. In February Coun Sinclair was formally rebuked by Herefordshire Council's standards panel over an altercation with a resident. He claimed at the time that the council 'are trying to cancel me'. This was third time he was found in breach of the town councillors' code of conduct since being elected unopposed to Ledbury West parish ward in October 2021.
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12-05-2025
- Politics
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Ellie Chowns in party leadership bid
This story is only available to Hereford Times subscribers. Click here to find out why and how to subscribe for exclusive stories. North Herefordshire MP Ellie Chowns has launched a bid to become national co-leader of the Greens. She and current co-leader Adrian Ramsay, who represents Waveney Valley in East Anglia, made the joint announcement earlier today (May 12) after the party's other co-leader Carla Denyer said she would not re-stand for the position 'As co-leaders, @AdrianRamsay and I will grow Green power, hold government to account, and lead with ambition, unity and deep-rooted values,' she tweeted this morning. RELATED NEWS: Jesse Norman MP draws government apology over grooming gangs Who will pay for major changes to county bin collections? Hereford to get 'youngest mayor in six centuries' The pair already have already launched a campaign website, and a campaign video. In it, she says: 'The old parties are crumbling fast. After the next election, Green MPs could hold the balance of power. 'Adrian and I know we can achieve so much more.' What are your thoughts? You can send a letter to the editor to have your say by clicking here. Letters should not exceed 250 words and local issues take precedence. Both only won their Westminster seats at last July's general election, being among four Green Party of England and Wales candidates to do so, up from the party's previous tally of a single MP. The party made further gains in county elections in England earlier this month, made a net gain of 43 local councillors. OTHER NEWS: Six top spots for discovering Herefordshire's hidden history Anger at 'negativity' over new bin plans New wildlife oases to beat Hereford's 'vast' flooding problem But last week the party's co-leader Carla Denyer MP announced she would not re-stand, saying she wanted to focus her energies on her Bristol Central constituency. Earlier its deputy leader Zack Polanski, a London Assembly member, launched a solo leadership challenge, saying the current party is 'too polite'. A leadership ballot of party members will take place over the summer.
