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Roger Waters has slammed 'some f***ing Labour MP in Manchester' for calling for his AO Arena show to be pulled as a senior councillor and rabbi also demanded the gig be cancelled.

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford has apologised and deleted a picture he posted on Twitter of him posing with Kiss rocker Gene Simmons in Parliament in a row over Islamophobia.

Roger Waters‘ should not perform in Manchester due to fears that his “divisive actions” could fuel anti-Jewish hatred.The former Pink Floyd member has been provoking controversy with his live shows – the most recent taking place in Berlin on May 17 in which he wore an outfit that some deemed as having connotations to the Second World War, mentioned Anne Frank and pretended to fire a rifle.According to BBC News, the Bury South Labour MP Christian Wakeford told other MPs his concern about Waters playing at the AO Arena on June 10, explaining that “The city of Manchester has a rich and vibrant history in which those of different faiths and backgrounds have lived together as well as stood together through difficult times and times of division.”Roger Waters has a long history of vile attacks against Jewish people. His recent shows in Berlin show why he should not be welcome in Manchester.

"BAH GOD IT'S DEHENNA DAVISON MP WITH A STEEL CHAIR!" It may not quite be Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs The Rock (or whoever is big in wrestling these days) but one Tory MP certainly got their own back against their former colleague in explosive fashion last night.

Designs for a new ‘flagship’ civic building at the heart of the regeneration of Radcliffe have been pulled after a furious public backlash. Earlier this week, Bury Council released computer generated images of the proposed Radcliffe Hub, which will house the town’s swimming pool, indoor sport and leisure, library, a café and health facilities.

A Greater Manchester MP has warned antisemitism is rife even at junior level in football, with reports of seven-year-old Jewish players being hissed at on the pitch as a way to replicate the noise of the gas chambers. Bury South MP Christian Wakeford urged the Government to do 'much more' to ensure that British football players can play their 'beautiful game' without being subjected to unacceptable abuse.

The Conservatives would lose five seats in Greater Manchester if an election were held now, according to a new poll. The party has eight seats in the region, but would keep just three.

It's the time of year when teenagers across Greater Manchester are preparing to take their GCSEs and pondering what comes next in their education. But today The Northern Agenda reveals a 'shocking' North-South divide over where young people can enhance their life chances by taking A-Levels.

Boris Johnson has come under severe pressure from the findings of the 'partygate' report, with 82% of people out of more than 1,200 people calling for his resignation in a Manchester Evening News survey.

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford has said Boris Johnson is "living on borrowed time" as he hit out at the prime minister for "poisoning the Tory Party from top to bottom”.

Tory defector Christian Wakeford says Boris Johnson is on borrowed time as a half-dozen leadership contenders vie to do the dirty on the PM.

Police are set to meet a Greater Manchester MP to discuss allegations of Tory MPs being blackmailed, The Telegraph is reporting.

Voters in Radcliffe say the alleged ‘threat’ from Downing Street to pull funding for a high school if its MP did not toe the party line is ‘disgusting’ if true.

A Bury MP was told funding for a new school in Radcliffe would be pulled unless he backed the government.

Scientists are tracking a second type of Omicron that may be spreading faster.

Companies across the UK are already offering its employees the chance to work a four-day week.

Up to five more Tory MPs are considering jumping ship to Labour, according to reports.

Sickening anti-Semitic coronavirus stickers have been plastered on traffic lights in Bury.

New Bury South Labour MP Christian Wakeford, who dramatically defected from the Conservatives today, says his old party are 'trying to defend the indefensible - and they are doing so gladly'.

The Conservative Party lost one of its newest MPs today as Christian Wakeford sensationally announced he was defecting to Labour just moments before Prime Minister's Questions.

Boris Johnson will fight on against any confidence challenge against him and will lead the Tories into the next election, his press officials have declare.