Emmanuel Macron’s party pulls support from female candidate after she wore headscarf in poster

‘Candidates represent all the French, not just one community’: Emmanuel Macron’s En Marche party pulls support from female candidate after she wore a Muslim headscarf in her election poster Sara Zemmahi was pictured with colleagues on election posters in Montpellier Image was tweeted by an official from Marine Le Pen’s National Rally Party      Muslim headscarves … Read more

Keir Starmer faces call to axe Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election over tweet

Keir Starmer faces call to axe Labour candidate for Hartlepool by-election who was forced to apologise for ‘inappropriate’ tweet made in 2011 about ‘a favourite Tory MILF’ Paul Williams, 48, was selected as party’s candidate for Hartlepool by-election But his recently resurfaced social media posts were met with fierce disapproval Labour peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti … Read more

London mayoral candidate says revive Thatcher right-to-buy dream

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

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

Home Office ad seeks candidate for £85,000-a-year job ‘actively tackling bullying’

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 opposition candidate Bobi Wine is dragged from his car and arrested

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

Emmy Rossum shows support for a presidential candidate while wearing a navy blue Biden Harris shirt

Emmy Rossum shows her support for a presidential candidate while wearing a navy blue Biden Harris shirt to safely shop in Los Angeles By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 22:14 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 2 November 2020 She’s showing her support ahead of the presidential elections. And Emmy Rossum looked in … Read more

Trump mocks Biden as ‘shutdown candidate’ at N.H. rally as WH scrambles to contain virus outbreak

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

George Osborne touted as potential candidate BBC chairman

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