Reform UK | Group Leader, Basildon Borough Council
Essex, United Kingdom.
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Cllr Sam Journet retweeted
"Why does Nigel Farage need security?"
He has had two milkshake incidents. Cement thrown at him. Receives 300 threats every month.
An illegal Afghani migrant was found guilty of making a TikTok murder threat to kill Farage.
Joshua Kerry tried to kill Farage.
That answers why
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Cllr Sam Journet retweeted
The Tories won’t commit to the Triple Lock.
Just like Burnham, they’ll cut your pension.
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Thank you to everyone who has reached out and shown support today. It has meant a great deal to me and my family. We will NEVER forget your kindness.
The pressure around Cllr Gavin Callaghan and Basildon Labour is building, their behaviour is becoming harder to defend, and more people are starting to ask serious questions about their conduct.
As a proud Reform UK Councillor, I will not be intimidated, I will not back down, and I will keep fighting for transparency, accountability and the residents of this beautiful borough.
Keep the faith. I certainly am.
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Cllr Sam Journet retweeted
Anyone that does this should go to jail.
Today, politics stops. My family home address was published deliberately by a Labour Councillor, and I am absolutely furious that this line has been crossed.
Cllr Gavin Callaghan published my home address knowing full well my family live there, including my 86-year-old heavily disabled grandmother. We are living in a country where Reform UK representatives such as Ann Widdecombe were murdered in a targeted attack, and a man has now been charged with preparing terrorist acts targeting Nigel Farage. Political security is not some abstract concern anymore. It is real.
I want to thank the Chief Executive, Monitoring Officer, Essex Police and Cllr Andy Barnes for rallying around me and my family today. Whatever political differences exist, this has gone beyond politics. My home, my family and their safety are NOT fair game.
So Gavin Callaghan should understand this very clearly… Today you crossed the line. I will pursue every lawful route available to hold you accountable, and I will not rest politically until residents have the chance to judge your conduct for themselves.
You wanted to intimidate me? You have achieved the complete opposite. You have AWAKENED the lion.
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Today, politics stops. My family home address was published deliberately by a Labour Councillor, and I am absolutely furious that this line has been crossed.
Cllr Gavin Callaghan published my home address knowing full well my family live there, including my 86-year-old heavily disabled grandmother. We are living in a country where Reform UK representatives such as Ann Widdecombe were murdered in a targeted attack, and a man has now been charged with preparing terrorist acts targeting Nigel Farage. Political security is not some abstract concern anymore. It is real.
I want to thank the Chief Executive, Monitoring Officer, Essex Police and Cllr Andy Barnes for rallying around me and my family today. Whatever political differences exist, this has gone beyond politics. My home, my family and their safety are NOT fair game.
So Gavin Callaghan should understand this very clearly… Today you crossed the line. I will pursue every lawful route available to hold you accountable, and I will not rest politically until residents have the chance to judge your conduct for themselves.
You wanted to intimidate me? You have achieved the complete opposite. You have AWAKENED the lion.
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Essex Police are fully aware of my address being released and “Doxxed” by Labour’s Cllr Gavin Callaghan this morning.
He is unhinged and should be arrested TODAY for putting my family at risk. I have my 86 year old disabled Grandmother who lives in my home.
Shame on him.
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Cllr Sam Journet retweeted
He’ll be out again by Wednesday
Small boat pilot Jemal Abdela has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after ferrying 27 people across the Channel.
Abdela becomes the 20th pilot jailed for endangering lives at sea. Those sentenced under the offence have now seen sentences totalling nearly 40 years' jail time.
ALT Photo of small boat pilot Jemal Abdela.
ALT Image of small boat pilot Jamel Abdela with migrants on a small boat.
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The Tories have been caught on the back foot and U-turned… AGAIN. Protection of our Green Belt matters.
The second I called an Extraordinary Council meeting to protect the Green Belt, suddenly the Conservatives were racing around with officers trying to get in front of it. Funny how quickly things move when Reform UK forces their hand.
Residents have seen the pattern now. Promises before elections, hesitation afterwards, then panic when accountability arrives.
Reform UK boxed them into a corner and made them face the pledge they campaigned on. Now it looks like residents may get both the extraordinary meeting AND a judicial review on the Green Belt. Great success.
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Today I speak with the Council inspectors for the final time, and after everything that has happened and been thrown my way by Labour, I’M STILL STANDING.
Over the last year I have been targeted by Labour, and namely one individual. Arrested on false allegations that did not stand up, seen my family home dragged into political warfare, watched my business and reputation attacked.
People close to me targeted simply because they stood beside me. Smears, personal information, fake DBS nonsense, the lot. It was meant to break me. It didn’t.
My mother DID NOT raise a quitter. I fought back, defended my group and my family, defended my name and challenged a culture at Basildon Council that, in my view, had become completely poisonous.
I have never apologised for standing my ground and I never will. As a Reform UK councillor, I came here to challenge the establishment and put RESIDENTS FIRST.
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We opened a new multi-million-pound construction facility yesterday.
A major investment in the trades and opportunities Essex needs for the future.
Under the leadership of Cllr Peter Harris, Cllr Russell Quirk and myself, Reform UK Essex is expanding skills across Essex.
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We will all need a tipple afterwards, I can tell you that for free.
EXC: John Healey tells me he "hasn't decided" whether he'll have a drink at the budget
He tells me to "wait and see" about whether he'll revive the tradition of Chancellors drinking their "special tipple" during the speech
The last to do so was Ken Clarke
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This is getting weirder by the day.
An RAF Fairford terror suspect called the POLICE on his own extremist mates.
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If the Conservatives think they’re going to spend £20m of taxpayers money on a new Council building, then they are living in FANTASY LAND.
Reform UK will SCRAP this vanity project in May 2027, and dispose of the asset to bring down our £800m of debt.
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Cllr Sam Journet retweeted
Senior Essex Tory politician told to resign over 'abuse of public funds' on court damages.
Will Kemi Badenoch now sack Essex PCC Roger Hirst who libelled me? Some Conservative.
essexlive.news/news/essex-ne…
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Every day I get the opportunity to represent my community is a PROUD day for me. I am truly honoured.
I am the boy from Basildon who NEVER expected to be the beacon of hope for this borough, but it has been bestowed upon me, and I take that responsibility extremely seriously.
I know not everyone will agree with me, my views or Reform UK, and that is fine. What I can promise is that we work hard, we put our communities first and we try every day to make people’s lives a little easier.
There is still a huge amount of work to do across Basildon and Essex, but everywhere we go there is hope. Hope that things can improve. Hope that broken systems can be fixed. Hope that politics can actually work for ordinary people again.
I am incredibly proud to lead and be part of a team that puts RESIDENTS FIRST and the establishment second. When people stop me and say they believe Reform UK represents the future, it genuinely means the world.
There is HOPE when Reform UK is around.
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Never in doubt.
🚨NEW: Westminster Voting Intention
➡️ REF: 25% (+4)
🌹 LAB: 24% (+1)
🌳 CON: 19% (-2)
🔶 LDM: 12% (=)
🌍 GRN: 11% (-3)
Via @YouGov, changes vs 20-21 Sept
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What Labour has done today is a DISGRACEFUL way to treat our pensioners. It’s sickening, it truly is.
Imagine working your entire life, paying into the system, then reaching retirement NOT knowing whether your pension will keep pace with the cost of living.
The Triple Lock was designed to give pensioners certainty. Your nan. Your grandad. People who have worked and contributed for decades should not be left counting every penny, worrying about heating, food or whether their retirement income will stretch far enough.
Reform UK has committed to protecting the Triple Lock. Our pensioners have paid in their whole lives, so they deserve that certainty in return.
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