SKTheCrusader | The Wildest Political Party You've Never Heard Of @SKTheCrusader | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Yeah this video got away from me. It also might be the video that finally gets me sued. What started out as "what does success for a left-of-Labour Party look like in the UK?" Ended up with me diving down a rabbit hole of local government shenanigans that I couldn't quite believe. How did I get from talking about the Liverpool Community Independents and The Green Party of England and Wales to Nottinghamshire? Well all of that is explained and a whole lot more.

So join me on my journey as I explore one local Nottinghamshire political party's quest to make and break laws. We meet characters like the leader of the Ashfield Independents Jason Zadrozny, who has had his run ins with the law and his deputy whose specific incident I wont spoil in this description, but trust me you'll want to find out.

I try to find some lessons to be learned from all this, but to be honest, I'm not sure there were any and by the end my brain had clearly fried from the heat and the content, so enjoy me slowly descending into madness and remember to like, comment, subscribe!

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Emir who makes my excellent thumbnails: twitter.com/MarkedAsRed

Articles I Refer To In Approximately Chronological Order:
Liverpool Community Independents Formation: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-61147003
Liberal Democrat-Green-Plaid Cymru electoral pact: theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/07/lib-dems-greens-and-plaid-cymru-reveal-remain-election-pact
Zadrozny Charged with 22 Offences: nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/jason-zadrozny-unwilling-answer-questions-8547984
Zadrozny described as a "leave" candidate: politicshome.com/news/article/election-2019-can-labour-fend-off-brexit-challengers-in-the-battle-for-ashfield
Zadrozny Case Thrown Out: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-41807573
Zadrozny Threatens to Sue Nottinghamshire Police: nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/cleared-councillor-jason-zadrozny-vows-703217
Ashfield Independents Councillor forgot to pay council tax: nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/deputy-leader-ashfield-dead-busy-3243362
Ashfield Independents Get Mad at a Cycle Path: nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/council-leader-slams-new-500k-7175986
Tom Hollis issued summons on harassment charges: nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/district-councillor-issued-court-summons-4437987
Ashfield Independent's CCTV Claim: chad.co.uk/news/crime/ashfield-councillors-trial-for-bad-driving-adjourned-at-the-last-minute-3702762
Tom Hollis Guilty of Harassing Neighbour: chad.co.uk/news/crime/deplorable-ashfield-councillor-guilty-of-harassing-neighbours-by-lying-to-police-3852374
Hot tub row councillor removed as deputy leader: Hot tub row councillor removed as deputy leader: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-63010300
Tom Hollis dismissed as deputy leader over harassment and careless driving: nottinghampost.com/news/disgraced-councillor-tom-hollis-dismissed-7626184
Ashfield MP lodges complaint after being called 'moron' by council leader: nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/ashfield-mp-lodges-complaint-after-6211103
Six More Arrests: nottinghampost.com/news/6-arrests-made-ashfield-suspicion-7832908
Tom Hollis Returns: nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/convicted-councillor-tom-hollis-returns-8472896
Ashfield Council leader and co-deputy attend first authority meeting after court appearances: chad.co.uk/news/politics/council/ashfield-council-leader-and-co-deputy-attend-first-authority-meeting-after-court-appearances-4232082

Videos I mention:
youtu.be/Qh6dikv-k0A
youtu.be/DmI60FOlLbA

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
03:32 - How Did I Get Here?
14:00 - Meet Our Heroes
23:10 - The Hero's Journey
38:50 - What Did We Learn?

#ukpolitics #nottinghamshire #localpolitics