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Shaun Bailey, Conservative candidate for Mayor of London, admits he is facing an uphill battle to unseat Sadiq Khan in the May election. Lockdown, he says, has made campaigning nigh on impossible and he sees himself very much as the ‘underdog’ in the election, postponed from last year. But there’s no denying that 49-year-old Bailey … Read more
London mayor candidate Brian Rose is fined £200 for breaking lockdown rules while recording campaign video after taking to capital’s streets in battle bus as he accuses Boris Johnson of ‘undermining democracy’ Brian Rose was met by police while campaigning in Southwark, central London Officers said ‘campaigning was not a necessary reason to be out … Read more
A Scottish Conservative candidate for the Holyrood election has been suspended by the party after claiming ‘fat’ food bank users are ‘far from starving’. Craig Ross, the Tory candidate for Glasgow Pollok, also accused campaigning footballer Marcus Rashford of inciting an ‘online mob’ to pressure ministers over free school meals. The Scottish Tories have now … Read more
All eyes are on the Georgia Senate runoff races after the election on Tuesday, with Zach Braff getting out in front of the race, from an acting standpoint. The 45-year-old actor took to Twitter on Tuesday night, pitching himself to Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels to play Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff. ‘Lorne. … Read more
The Home Office has posted a job advert seeking a candidate whose responsibilities would include ‘actively tackling bullying’ in the department in the wake of the report that found Home Secretary Priti Patel had bullied civil servants. The open ‘Head of Home Office Strategy’ position was posted on the department’s LinkedIn page on Tuesday and … Read more
Shocking moment Ugandan reggae star and opposition Presidential candidate Bobi Wine is dragged from his car and arrested after saying he would stand in next year’s election Video shows the reggae singer being violently dragged from his car He was later released and transferred to his home in Magere He hopes to unseat Yoweri Museveni, … Read more
President Donald Trump kept up his full-bore cross-country campaign swing with a Sunday trip to New Hampshire where he mocked social distancing guidelines even as the White House battled a coronavirus outbreak on Mike Pence’s staff. Just minutes into his speech, Trump began tearing into ‘sleepy Joe’ Biden, who he ridiculed for calling an early … Read more
The mother of Harry Dunn, the British teen killed in a car crash last year, has urged presidential candidate Joe Biden to reconsider the US’s position on her son’s alleged killer if he wins the election on November 3. In a video message to Mr Biden, Charlotte Charles said her ‘heart goes out’ to him … Read more
George Osborne is the latest name to be linked to the next BBC chairman role, according to reports. The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, who earlier this year missed out on a position as chairman of the Royal Opera House, is being urged to apply for the role, according to The Daily Telegraph. It comes after … Read more
Monday Tim Scott, South Carolina senator Steve Scalise, House Republican Whip and Louisiana representative who was shot during a congressional baseball game practice in June 2017 Matt Gaetz, Florida representative Jim Jordan, Ohio representative Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Ronna McDaniel Georgia, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Vernon Jones, Georgia state representative … Read more