Reform UK | Group Leader, Basildon Borough Council
Essex, United Kingdom.
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THE HYPOCRISY HERE IS OFF THE SCALE.
Yesterday, after Cllr Gavin Callaghan published my home address, we then discovered something astonishing. In 2021, when an 80-year-old woman put an anti-Labour leaflet through his door, he called the police, went ballistic over his own security and the COUNCIL PAID TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS for CCTV and monitoring equipment at his home address.
And here is the kicker… The council is STILL paying for that security to this day.
So his home apparently deserves taxpayer-funded protection for years, yet my family home, where my 86-year-old disabled grandmother lives, can be thrown into the political arena. The irony is staggering.
People in glass houses should not throw stones. He should be ashamed of himself.
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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
"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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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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Isn’t that what Tommy Robinson , Danny Tommy. and their followers are doing by publishing the home addresses of RNLI volunteers ?
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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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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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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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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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What Reform politicians have said today is a DISGRACEFUL way to treat our voters. It’s sickening, it truly is
Imagine voting your entire life, listening to the parties, then reaching the voting booth NOT knowing whether your candidate has been truthful with you or not
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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