In a 2015 election leaflet Jonathan Reynolds said:
“I’ve been our MP, covering Stalybridge, Hyde, Dukinfield, Longdendale and Mossley since 2010. Before that I was a solicitor in Manchester and represented Longdendale on Tameside Council.”
Section 106 of the Representation of the People Act:
(b) for the purpose of affecting the return of any candidate at the election, makes or publishes any false statement of fact in relation to the candidate’s personal character or conduct shall be guilty of an illegal practice, unless he can show that he had reasonable grounds for believing, and did believe, that statement to be true.
That’s a toughie…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”
