Everyone is screaming. The beige walls of the town hall chambers echo with it. Councillors talk over each other, jabbing accusatory fingers into the air, while residents in the public gallery pick up a sporadic chant of “Traitors! Sell-outs! Scabs!”Welcome to Oldham Council.This was the scene in November 2024, when an argument in the chambers became so heated the meeting had to be adjourned and riot police - who were on standby for a peaceful protest outside the town hall - were asked inside to ‘have a word’.Oldham regularly descends into chaos. Inside the town hall, meetings are frequently interrupted,...
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