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Gerald Cooney, former leader of Tameside council, says he warned regional officials about Trigger Me Timbers groupLabour was warned more than a year ago about a “vile” WhatsApp group involving two of the party’s MPs, local councillors and a series of offensive messages, the Guardian has been told.It came as a cycling campaigner said he was “profoundly distressed” to learn that one of the MPs, Andrew Gwynne, joked about him being “mown down” by a lorry. Continue reading...