Councillor Maria Toolan: Liverpool Labour Damaged My Health
Liverpool Councillor Maria Toolan, quit Labour in March 2023 claiming life in the party had damaged her health. In a fiery resignation statement that went viral on Twitter, she said she’d witnessed “the lowest and most dishonest that politics has to offer.” In this special interview with Liverpolitan Editor, Paul Bryan, Maria pulls back the curtain on Liverpool’s ruling Labour group, to talk about her experiences under two Mayoral administrations.
The Doomed Battle to Stop Liverpool’s Arms Fair
A doomed battle to stop the hosting of a military convention briefly took centre stage in Liverpool in 2021. As peace campaigners hit the streets determined to force the council to cancel the event, accompanied by Labour stalwarts Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, Liverpolitan Editor, Paul Bryan, joined the throng to hear what they had to say.