Durham Miner's Gala Organisers Say Reform Councillors 'Do Not Share Our Beliefs' Amid Invite Row

Reform Councillors Are Not Invited to the Durham Miners’ Gala

As the brass bands, parade banners and thousands of trade unionists wind their way through Durham’s narrow streets next month for the city’s 139th Miners’ Gala, not everyone will be in attendance: Reform councillors are not invited. The Durham Miners’ Association (DMA), which hosts the gala, said in a statement that while everyone in the city will be welcome at the event, Reform did not share its “beliefs in community, in the labour movement and…

Durham Miners Gala organisers issue Reform UK update ahead of event

Organisers of the Durham Miners Gala have clarified their stance on official invites being sent to Reform councillors after a bitter war of words.

Durham Miner's Gala organisers say Reform councillors 'do not share our beliefs' amid invite row

Organisers of the Durham Miner's Gala said everyone was welcome at the event, but the county's Reform UK councillors would not be invited to "share the platform" or as guests at social events

'Nigel Farage is the ENEMY!' Durham Miners' Gala doubles down on 'insulting' snub to Reform UK

The Durham Miners' Association has doubled down on its refusal to invite Reform UK to its 139th annual gala despite the party's landslide victory in the county's council election. Last month, the DMA's general secretary Alan Mardghum vowed that leader Nigel Farage would "never, ever, ever be invited" to the gala - and now, the group has issued a lengthy statement attacking Reform again.The DMA claimed Reform had won its landslide council victory…