Andy Burnham 'knows some people involved' in a WhatsApp group called 'Trigger Me Timbers' where 'inappropriate comments' were reportedly made by Andrew Gwynne, a Labour MP. Gwynne is suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation. Other Labour members involved include Oliver Ryan, another MP, and 11 Labour councillors in Tameside and Stockport. The group allegedly contained anti-Semitic slurs and jokes about a pensioner's death.
Andy Burnham ‘knows some people involved’ in the toxic ‘Trigger Me Timbers’ WhatsApp group where 'inappropriate comments' were reportedly made by Andrew Gwynne .
In a statement shared on X after the initial story about the WhatsApp group broke, Mr Gwynne said: “I deeply regret my badly misjudged comments and apologise for any offense I’ve caused.” When asked if the comments made in the group reflected an attitude that politicians do not care about their residents, Mr Burnham replied: “I know some of the people involved in this. I have worked with them for a number of years.
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