Yo is this Jack the big, daft, fat fucking weird looking leftie cunt? Yeah let me tell you this Jack, from Mills publications in London. Stop fucking getting on the girl\u2019s case. If you\u2019ve got a problem answer your fucking phone you prick and we\u2019ll meet you bro. We\u2019ll meet you, any of us. By the way, yeah, as you know my name is Lee Twamley. Don\u2019t text me saying \u2018Hello are Lee Twamley? I\u2019m gonna run a story on you\u2019. Run what you want you big, daft, fat, leftie cunt. You big, fat, fucking, leftie fucking horrible cunt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Thanks to Lee for sending that in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We also got lots of great feedback on social media, where the piece was widely shared. On Bluesky, one reader wrote:\u201d This is so good, from a journalistic pov but also it’s managed to make me laugh when the subject matter at hand is dark. Fantastic door knocking, boots on the ground reporting.\u201d Another said that while \u201clocal journalism has been decimated in recent years,\u201d this piece \u201c[shows] the beauty of it when done well. Knowing the area, knowing the leaders, digging around in the streets.\u201d And Nick Lowles, the founder of Hope Not Hate, who initially surfaced<\/a> Twamley\u2019s convictions after he was seen at a recent Britain First march, also chimed in: \u201cYou couldn\u2019t make this up,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n Down in the comments section too, lots of readers shared their opinions. Alec said it was a \u201cfantastic piece of journalism and exactly the type of story the Mill can achieve\u201d, while Andrew said it \u201cnailed the flags story better than any other reporter in Britain, in a dismal week\u201d. Emma Boyd, a member of the Churchill\u2019s Lions group responsible for putting the flags up, also wrote in with thoughts. \u201cYou little rat, how dare you,\u201d she wrote. \u201cFuck off. You are a bullshitting little rat\u201d. Emma proceeded to write similar comments on our other reporter Jack Dulhanty’s Instagram page. A classic mix up, and not the first case of these lot getting their Jack’s the wrong way round (several of the Union Jacks in Piccadilly Gardens are, quite literally, upside down). If you haven\u2019t joined in the discussion \u2014 get stuck in<\/a>.<\/p>\n Manchester in your inbox, for free<\/p>\n The Mill tells you what you need to know<\/strong><\/b> about Greater Manchester, for free and direct to your email inbox. 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See below for more information.<\/p>\n Catch up and coming up<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf26\ufe0f This week\u2019s weather<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday \ud83c\udf26\ufe0fLargely cloudy with a few showers during the afternoon. Feeling mild in a gentle southerly breeze. Max 19\u00b0c.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wednesday \ud83c\udf27\ufe0fWindy with morning rain followed by heavy showers. Risk of thunderstorms breaking out. Max 19\u00b0c.<\/p>\n Thursday \ud83c\udf26\ufe0f Breezy with sunny spells and scattered showers. Max 19\u00b0c.<\/p>\n Friday\ufe0f \ud83c\udf24\ufe0f Dry and quite warm with a few bright spells. Max 20\u00b0c.\u00a0<\/p>\n Weekend \ud83c\udf26\ufe0f Warm and bright but with a risk of showers, mainly on Sunday. Temperature highs around 21\u00b0c.\u00a0<\/p>\n Your briefing<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83e\udea7There were more protests outside Altrincham\u2019s Cresta Court hotel, which is currently housing asylum seekers, over the weekend. Demonstrators and counter-demonstrators also clashed outside hotels in Fallowfield and Oldham. At Cresta Court protestors raised Union Jack flags, chanted \u201csend them back\u201d and held a Britain First banner that read \u201cStarmer is a wanker\u201d. In attendance was friend of the Mill Salford T-Bone, aka Lee Twamley, convicted of immigration crimes and now raising flags across the city centre to protest immigration. Trafford\u2019s conservative leader Nathan Evans requested an emergency council meeting about the use of Cresta Court and another hotel in the borough to house asylum seekers. Evans said the group intends to put forward a motion directing council officers to seek ways to legally evict the asylum seekers from these hotels. However, the precedent set by Epping Forest District Council earlier this month, which was initially granted the ability to restrict the use of local hotels to house asylum seekers, has since been overturned on appeal.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Ahmed al-Doush, a dad of four from Manchester who was jailed in Saudi Arabia last year for social media posts, is on the brink<\/a> of a hunger strike. Amnesty International have called on the UK government to do more to support al-Doush, who they say is \u201ctrapped in a living hell \u2013 abducted and separated from his young family and detained in Saudi Arabia.\u201d Al-Doush was convicted on terrorism charges for posts about Egypt, Gaza and Sudan, which, according to Amnesty International, indicates the charges were based on what a British national would consider the right to free expression (he was jailed for ten years, later reduced to eight). They also argue he has been subjected to multiple violations of his right to a fair trial, including extensive interrogation without a lawyer present. His wife was pregnant with their fourth child at the time of his arrest: \u201cNo words can express the heartbreak of raising four children alone while their father is unjustly imprisoned,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa1 Councillor Pat Karney is promising \u201cone of the biggest ferris wheels in the world\u201d when the Manchester Christmas markets return on 7 November this year. In even more exciting (or distressing \u2014 depending on your stance<\/a>) news, the markets will finally be back in Albert Square after a long absence due to Town Hall restorations. There can be little uncertainty over which side of the ever-raging Christmas market debate Karney comes down on. \u201cManchester loves Christmas,\u201d he told<\/a> BBC Radio Manchester.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfdf\ufe0f And finally, spare a thought for Co-op warehouse worker Lucasz Zawadzski who was unfairly sacked<\/a> for making high-pitched \u201chee-hee\u201d noises in the manner of Michael Jackson at an unimpressed colleague. At his tribunal he admitted to the \u201cembarrassing\u201d King of Pop impersonations, but denied separate allegations of making racist monkey noises. The evidence of misconduct amounted to little more than \u201cinappropriate and juvenile conduct,\u201d according to the employment judge \u2014 who ordered he should be paid more than \u00a310,000 in compensation. Zawadzski was however willing to admit that the \u201cgrunting and moaning\u201d noises he had made to another colleague could reasonably be described as \u201corgasmic\u201d and thus were not workplace appropriate.\u00a0<\/p>\n Quick hits<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc6e\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Eighty arrests have been made<\/a> in Stockport as part of Operation Rimini, a police crackdown on anti-social behaviour in part of the town where \u201clarge gatherings of youths wearing balaclavas\u201d had been causing trouble, according to police. Apparently, there is now fear the rooftop park and area around Stockport Interchange could become \u201cthe new Piccadilly Gardens\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcf1 WhatsApp groups on Bury\u2019s \u2018Millionaire\u2019s Row\u2019 have erupted into fury<\/a> after plans were revealed to convert a property on the road into a children\u2019s home. But despite resident\u2019s concerns, a town hall report is insistent: \u201cit would be unreasonable to assume the children occupying the property are a serious danger to the public\u201d.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcb8 Manchester city council spent the most<\/a> of any council in private incentives to house homeless families, according to new data gathered by the campaign group Generation Rent via Freedom of Information requests. The council spent \u00a33.3 million in 2024\/25, \u00a3600,000 above the next highest spender: Enfield in London.<\/p>\n \u25aa\ufe0fA woman in her 40s has died<\/a> after being hit by a falling tree branch in Didsbury. The MEN reported that a worker at a nearby petrol station saw the tree snap seconds before a \u201cmassive branch hit her\u201d. Lib Dem councillor Richard Kilpatrick said it was\u201d a really awful and tragic situation and the worst possible timing.\u201d<\/p>\n Want to work with Mill Media?<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019ve got a huge new opportunity: we\u2019re looking for a Head of Growth to work with us and our sister titles across the UK to get more people reading us. You need to have a keen focus on growth and the creativity to try lots of different approaches. The deadline to apply is this Wednesday<\/strong>. Details can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Home of the week<\/strong> This two-bed, split-level apartment in the Smithfield Building in Northern Quarter is on the market for \u00a3400,000<\/a>. It\u2019s right by Evelyn\u2019s Cafe and a stone\u2019s throw from Thomas Street and Stevenson Square.\u00a0<\/p>\n Our favourite reads<\/strong><\/p>\n Hunting rogue landlords: meet Manchester\u2019s crack housing enforcers<\/a> \u2014 The Sunday Times<\/strong><\/p>\n In this piece from June, The Times\u2019s northern editor David Collins joined Greater Manchester\u2019s housing enforcement officers. Brought in by Burnham last October, the thirteen officers help tenants from the city region\u2019s worst landlords. \u201cThey have rescued tenants from residential properties that also housed cannabis farms and brothels; found 12 eastern Europeans living in a tiny flat above a Wigan caf\u00e9 where they were working around the clock in vape shops; and investigated a private landlord accused of raping one of his tenants.\u201d<\/p>\n In England, Manchester Enhances Its Watch World Presence<\/a> \u2014 The New York Times<\/strong><\/p>\n We also enjoyed this piece from last November covering the Manchester Watch Show. Over the last few years Manchester has cemented itself as a hotspot for timepiece enthusiasts outside of London, but its watch-making heritage stretches back much further. The piece also includes a cameo from one Rob The American, a YouTuber we spoke to last year<\/a> in his other guise as host of Manchester\u2019s Cancelling Cancel Culture meet-up.<\/p>\n Our to do list<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udde3\ufe0fThe Queer Up North Long Table is coming to Aviva Studios. \u201cA unique dinner party where conversation is the only course,\u201d The Long Table is a forum for open discussion that anyone can attend to celebrate Queer Up North, an LGBTQ+ arts\u00a0 festival founded in Manchester a decade ago. It\u2019s free to attend and you can get your ticket here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd69 It\u2019s steak night every Tuesday at Elnecot, in Ancoats. You can get three courses and a glass of wine for \u00a328, no booking required. More here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf7b There will be comedy and pints at The Overdraught in Levenshulme. You can catch some of the city\u2019s most exciting up-and-coming comedians, for free. However, tickets tend to get snapped up fast. Book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd87 Join the Salford Ranger Team on Wednesday evening in Blackleach Country Park as they search for bats! It costs only \u00a32<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83c\udf8cJapan Week, the annual festival that has been held in cities around the world since 1975, is hosting its 50th anniversary in Manchester. The programme is packed with exhibitions, stage performances, workshops and a tea ceremony. You can find out about all that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Got a To-Do that you\u2019d like us to list? 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