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Back at it! 🇬🇧 Vote Jean Thomson on Thursday 19th November for Craghead & South Moor.

When they tell you to stop "splitting the vote"🤮

Article 4 this, Article 4 that. @darrengrimes, you’re missing the point!

Nobody disputes Reform introducing Article 4. We’re asking what you’ve actually done about THIS property in the last 18 months — and that is a completely reasonable question to ask!

Have you and Reform investigated its licensing and planning history? Has Reform requested inspections? Has Reform raised concerns about its proximity to Oxhill Nursery? Or even explored any lawful routes to challenge its continued use?

If so, what were the findings? If not, why not?

And let’s not forget @ReformDurham coming onto our page dismissing our research as “absolutely clueless”, mocking Jean for having no powers, claiming she wouldn’t be involved in council business, saying she can chair a committee in the crematorium and suggesting she’d have more time to walk her dog (after we stated it was her late dog).

🚫 We don’t do that to your candidate Mark Taylor. Please don’t do it to Jean! 🚫

An elected councillor doesn’t need to chair a committee or hold executive powers to scrutinise decisions, question officers, raise motions or demand accountability.

If Andrew genuinely believes councillors without executive positions are powerless, then he is in for a shock if Jean’s elected.

Data, research, accountability and public transparency.

👀 And Darren, as for your suggestion that we don’t understand planning, licensing, the private rented sector or Home Office procurement, you have absolutely no idea who is working with us, what experience they bring or the extent of the research we’ve carried out.

We’ve spent months examining licensing records, planning applications, property ownership and company networks. We’ve identified properties and connections that deserve further investigation.

You’ve never asked to examine our evidence, yet you’re happy to publicly dismiss our understanding of the subject.

How would you know? 🤦🏻

To his credit (and a huge change in tone), Andrew has since responded constructively to our formal correspondence and offered to involve an officer. We’ve welcomed that. ✅

We’ve repeatedly offered you both our extensive research. We know the owner of this property. We have documented their other properties that are also currently under Mears licences. We have also mapped properties they have acquired that are NOT currently under any HMO licence but have the potential to be. We have located a solicitor firm that deals in asylum and immigration law that is currently owned by a man of the same name, only a few doors down from the company that owns THIS property.

Please don’t you or Andrew insinuate we know nothing.

You say Reform has the powers. We’re asking you to use them.

Let’s stop trading insults, examine the evidence and start tackling these properties surgically, one at a time.

Work with us, not against us.
@RestoreBritain
@reformparty_uk

📢 UPDATE: MEARS HMO OPPOSITE OXHILL NURSERY

We’ve received a prompt response from Durham County Council Leader Cllr Andrew Husband, which we’re pleased to see.

Andrew shares our concerns about accommodation situated directly opposite a nursery attended by children aged just 2–4.

Jean replied and hopes we can work together to get some proper answers. 🤝

Meanwhile, Jean and the team will continue examining the legislation, licensing powers and every avenue available to challenge the property’s suitability and seek an end to its use for asylum accommodation. 🇬🇧

For transparency, we’re sharing Andrew’s response and our reply below.

📩 Original correspondence: facebook.com/share/p/1LxBcf…