elections

London elections: Laurence Fox insists he will ‘march on’ despite winning fewer votes than YouTuber

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First Count Sadiq Khan (Lab) 1,013,721 (40.05%, -4.19%) Shaun Bailey (C) 893,051 (35.28%, +0.25%) Sian Berry (Green) 197,976 (7.82%, +2.02%) Luisa Porritt (LD) 111,716 (4.41%, -0.21%) Niko Omilana (Ind) 49,628 (1.96%) Laurence Fox (Reclaim) 47,634 (1.88%) Brian Rose (LRP) 31,111 (1.23%) Richard Hewison (EU) 28,012 (1.11%) Count Binface (Binface) 24,775 (0.98%) Mandu Reid (Women) 21,182 … Read more

Scots battle through SNOW to vote in crunch Holyrood elections

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Scots are battling through snow to vote in crucial elections today with Nicola Sturgeon’s separatist push on a knife edge. The bitter battle for Holyrood has entered the final straight after the Tories pleaded for people to ‘lend’ their support to stop the SNP’s drive for independence. Experts say Ms Sturgeon’s chances of an overall … Read more

Elections 2021: Boris Johnson feeds newborn lamb on Derbyshire campaign trail

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‘I’m used to doing this at the moment’: Boris Johnson reveals he is helping bottle-feed his son Wilfred as he helps out with newborn lambs on the election campaign trail PM mucked in with new season arrivals on a campaign trail visit to Derbyshire He was at Moor Farm in Stoney Middleton in the north … Read more

Alex Salmond demands Scottish independence talks begin IMMEDIATELY after May’s Holyrood elections

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Alex Salmond today demanded fresh Scottish independence talks start immediately after May’s Holyrood elections if separatist parties achieve a ‘super-majority’ of seats. Launching his new Alba Party’s election campaign today the former SNP First Minister said that discussions with Westminster should begin in ‘week one’ of the new assembly. A poll at the weekend suggested … Read more

Scottish elections: Alex Salmond threatens legal action if Alba Party barred from TV debates

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Alex Salmond threatens broadcasters with legal action if he is barred from taking part in live TV debates ahead of the Scottish elections as he says there is an ‘unanswerable’ case for including his new Alba Party Alba leader is to write to broadcasters and regulator Ofcom to demand a place  He was was unveiled as … Read more

Washington Post issues correction to report on Trump call to Georgia elections investigator

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The Washington Post has been slammed after it admitted it misquoted Donald Trump in his call to a Georgia elections investigator and issued a correction to its January story. The Post issued a lengthy correction on Monday after audio of the December call between the then president and Frances Watson was released. At the time, the outlet … Read more

Angela Merkel is humiliated in German state elections

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Angela Merkel’s party slumped to historic defeats in two state elections on Sunday as German voters lose faith in her government’s handling of the pandemic.  Merkel’s CDU won barely a quarter of the vote in Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wuerttemberg in a pair of dismal results described as a ‘wake-up call’ six months before Germany goes to … Read more

Angela Merkel’s CDU are hammered in local elections, exit polls suggest

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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party was headed for clear defeats in two German state elections at the hands of popular governors from parties further to the left, exit polls today suggested.  It comes six months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds the country’s longtime leader and amid rising dissatisfaction to the country’s … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches the launch of Labour’s local elections campaign

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Treble espressos all round, Giovanni! And while you’re at it, best poke a couple of matchsticks under our eyelids lest we find ourselves toppling into a deep and rigid coma. Sir Keir Starmer launched Labour’s local elections campaign yesterday morning and, ye gods, it was a force-five, chateau-bottled boreathon. To think I could been watching … Read more

Local elections in England and Wales are given green light with strict Covid safety measures

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You CAN vote on May 6… but you must wear a mask and bring you own PENCIL! Local elections in England and Wales are given green light with strict Covid safety measures in place Local council, mayoral and police and crime commissioner votes set to go ahead Government officials had been mulling over plans to … Read more