Far-right politician Marine Le Pen declares she will run in the 2022 French presidential election and says victory over Emmanuel Macron is ‘plausible’ President Macron’s handling of Covid-19 have dented his chances of re-election Marine Le Pen has promised an immigration referendum as her first act in office She lost the 2017 presidential election to … Read more
Labour council chief is suspended after secret recording of him calling female Plaid Cymru politician a ‘cow’ appeared online Rob Jones made comments during meeting he didn’t know was being recorded Council leader has been suspended from while an investigation is carried out Mr Jones says clip was made without knowledge and consent and was … Read more
A Welsh Labour politician has today defended taking a Zoom meeting from her lover’s home in England, miles from her Newport constituency, because they have formed a support bubble. Rhianon Passmore, 48, was spotted at the £1million home of her long-term partner Nick Hartley, 54, during an online meeting of the Welsh Assembly. Ms Passmore told MailOnline she … Read more
Any wiggle room? Kiwi politician Simon Bridges begs government to let The Wiggles into New Zealand for their national tour – after the band failed to secure spots in quarantine By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:13 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 23:29 GMT, 20 January 2021 Kiwi politician Simon Bridges has … Read more
Tory politician denies taking part in seven-hour drinking sessions at the Welsh Assembly bar four days after alcohol was banned in pubs and claims he only ‘had a chicken curry’ Four politicians were being investigated for drinking wine at Welsh parliament Darren Millar, Paul Davies, Paul Smith and Alun Davies met on December 8 They … Read more
A politician in the running for a governor’s seat in Mexico held a party with 500 guests to celebrate his birthday despite a ban on gatherings due to a surge in COVID-19 infections in the country. who in the past was accused rape and of being tied to a drug cartel and an American-born drug … Read more
Amir Khan has breached Covid-19 regulations again after meeting up-close a senior Pakistani politician who tested positive for the virus just 48 hours later. Khan shook hands and posed for pictures with Usman Buzdar, Chief Minister of Punjab province, during a high-profile boxing event on 19 December that he helped organise in the country. But … Read more
A Namibian politician named after Adolf Hitler says he is being unfairly scrutinised – rejecting comparisons to the Nazi leader and insisting that ‘I am not like him’. Adolf Hitler Uunona’s victory at a regional election last month propelled him to an unlikely international stardom, but the 54-year-old has bristled at the attention and accused … Read more
Adolf Hitler wins election in Namibia: Politician named after Nazi leader sweeps to victory but promises ‘I’m not striving for world domination’ Adolf Hitler Uunona was elected with 85 per cent of the vote in a regional poll He said his father had named him Hitler without realising what the name meant Former German colony … Read more
‘I appeal to you – eat this fish’: Sri Lankan politician bites into raw fish during bizarre press conference to prove it will not give people coronavirus Former fisheries minister Dilip Wedaarachchi, 63, bit into the medium-sized fish Tens of thousands of tonnes of fish been left unsold after the Central Fish Market The outbreak … Read more