The Reform candidate for the Blackpool South by-election, Mark Butcher, has been absent from events in the last week and even missed the important BBC hustings. Punters have been wondering why as the explosive reason remained unknown…
As it turns out, Mark was busy giving evidence in court concerning his own assassination attempt. In 2020 a convict gunman who had escaped prison (where he was serving a life sentence) seven years previously got arrested again and escaped again, before finally reappearing in Blackpool to try to kill Butcher with an improvised explosive. Police managed to get to him first, finding an bomb and a shotgun. His plan blew up in his face…
Butcher has had to keep tight-lipped while giving vital evidence – the would-be-assassin has now pleaded guilty to four charges, including “possession of an explosive to endanger life“. His sentencing is set for 4th July. Not the most helpful disruption to Reform’s otherwise booming campaign…
Red Wall Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash told GB News that Starmer should resign:
“I’m completely fed up about it, and I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think that, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when.”