Politicians have never been strangers to awkward gaffes, slip-ups and cringeworthy interviews. Especially in the age of social media, where every word our elected representatives say is closely analysed and scrutinised, it can be hard to forget that we're all human and make the odd error.

Yet, in the video of a leading Reform UK councillor in Nottinghamshire explaining he has "no idea" about key policies, there are bigger questions and issues at play than an awkward slip of the tongue.

In the clip doing the rounds on social media, James Walker-Gurley - a senior cabinet member at Nottinghamshire County Council - awkwardly reads from a script and laughs as he struggles to answer questions about key issues in the county.

As the Local Democracy Reporting Service asked the councillor for Eastwood about his relationship with Claire Ward's East Midlands........

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