A Tory councillor has been accused of spreading ‘false and defamatory’ fake news after he used a tweet from a parody Twitter account to attack Labour members during a council debate.
Coun Sam Rimmer, who represents Astley Bridge, made a speech last week at Bolton full council during a debate on a Labour motion criticising the introduction of compulsory photo ID for voters in upcoming elections.
He said: “In the face of such warm support from Labour for this motion I thought I might share with them a little tweet that was sent out from Momentum in Bolton.”
