NEW: 'No idea, genuinely': Watch as Reform economic chief gets confused over existing relationships between Notts County Council and regional leaders.
— Andrew Topping (@AToppingJourno) June 23, 2025
Cllr James Walker-Gurley, a new Reform cabinet member in Notts, sat down with us last week. It didn't go well.@laurenamonaghan pic.twitter.com/6SjvTFtejL
Today's Guardian reports that the Liberal Democrats have written to Nigel Farage to demand that he steps in to reverse the "dangerous and chilling" decision by Nottinghamshire's ruling Reform UK group to stop talking to local newspapers and the BBC.
The Lib Dems, says, the paper, have suggested that the move may breach local government’s code of conduct, which calls on elected officials to "submit themselves to the scrutiny".
But why has the Reform leader of Nottinghamshire County Council ordered his councillors not to talk to journalists?
The Guardian suggests there are two reasons. The first is an interview the new Reform cabinet member Cllr James Walker-Gurley, a new Reform cabinet member, gave to Notts TV in June. You can see it above.
The second reason is a story in the Nottingham Post about disagreements between Reform councillors on the reorganisation of local government within the county.
Well, it's not the media's fault if a cabinet member appears not to be on top of his brief, and the Nottingham Post story was a perfectly reasonable one for a local newspaper to run.
Incidentally, Notts TV, a local television station, is closing down tomorrow, but that's not Reform's doing.
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