How a dark conspiracy theory poisoned a divided town

In a special episode, we delve into the strange, conspiratorial politics of Oldham. We tell the story of the rise of Raja Miah, a local activist who has gone from healing a town's racial divides to exploiting them in a vicious campaign against the local council. Joshi Herrmann tells the story from the beginning, when he received a tip from a reader about allegations of Asian block votes and grooming gangs in Oldham, and tells Darryl Morris how one man has contributed to the removal of two council leaders in the space of two years. That's all in this one off-edition of The Manchester Weekly from The Mill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.