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Jun 2023
Yorkshire Party mayoral candidate quit after 'chicken policy disagreement'
The Yorkshire Party candidate to be North Yorkshire mayor next year quit the party after a disagreement over a policy to hand out free chickens.
Keith Tordoff, who is from Pateley Bridge, pledged in an interview to give three chickens to 20,000 households in North Yorkshire.
But the policy had not been discussed in detail with the Yorkshire Party and thus Mr Tordoff will now seek election as an independent candidate.
He announced his resignation from the party this week.
Other disagreements included the Yorkshire Party’s website ‘not being up to date’ and there not being enough volunteers.
Mr Tordoff said:
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- Pateley Bridge man resigns as Yorkshire Party mayoral candidate
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Mr Tordoff also said he recorded a promotional song based on the lyric in Dire Straits’ Money For Nothing ‘your chicks for free’.
He said:
Although he wished the Yorkshire Party the best, Mr Todoff said its leadership “went over the top” on their crackdown of his policy.
He said:
Yorkshire Party co-leader Bob Buxton said:
The party will field a different candidate following the by-election in Selby and Ainsty triggered by Boris Johnson ally Nigel Adams.
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