Angela Merkel Squabble over Merkel job leaves conservatives in disarray dailysabah.com - French Press Agency - AFP The succession squabble over Chancellor Angela Merkel shortly ahead of elections in September leaves Germany's once stable ruling conservatives in …
Policing Police and Crime Commissioner candidate attacks cops over lockdown enforcement derbytelegraph.co.uk - Ben Cooper A candidate to be the next Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the county has accused Derbyshire Constabulary of “scaring people into submission” …
Liverpool Rules on registering to vote in May's elections as deadline looms liverpoolecho.co.uk - Liam Thorp The Liverpool City Region is heading for a bumper and potentially historic set of elections on May 6. Voters will go to the polls across the region on …
UK Politics Tories braced for loss of 550 council seats at 'Super Thursday' local elections express.co.uk - Sam Lister SENIOR Tories are braced for a loss of 550 council seats at the "Super Thursday" local elections next month. Woke politics: Expert says it’s ‘painful …
Keir Starmer The tight race for West Midlands mayor could have national significance - this is why sky.com - Matthew Lavender, Sophy Ridge on Sunday producer Of the hundreds of elections taking place on 6 May, few could be more important than the race to be mayor of the West Midlands. Likely to be a tight …
Tyneside North East local elections 2021: Candidates, where to vote and results in full chroniclelive.co.uk - Will Metcalfe On May 6 the country will once again go to the polls. Across the North East elections will take place for councils at city and county, town and parish …
Scotland SNP candidate blasted for suggesting Labour inspired by Nazi Joseph Goebbels thescottishsun.co.uk - Chris Musson A NATS election candidate for a seat in the country’s largest Jewish community suggested Scottish Labour were inspired by Nazi Joseph Goebbels. Colm …
Michigan Fact check: No, an algorithm did not manipulate Michigan’s election results freep.com - Clara Hendrickson The claim: Michigan used a mathematical 'key' to manipulate vote totals in the 2020 election Antrim County, the site of a human error that briefly …
Karachi SMOKERS’ CORNER: CAN MIFTAH WIN FROM KARACHI? dawn.com - Nadeem F. Paracha On April 29 this year, by-elections for Karachi’s NA-249 constituency will be held. The seat was won by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) …
Bristol Deadline to register to vote fast approaching bristolpost.co.uk - Estel Farell Roig The deadline to register to vote is fast approaching. Local elections are being held next month across England. On Thursday, May 6, people across the …
Len McCluskey Who will win the race to replace Len McCluskey as Unite general secretary? verified_publishernewstatesman.com - Stephen Bush The election is a complicated three-way affair that will be determined by labour politics, not Labour politics. Trades union elections are about …
The TelegraphScotland Where do SNP voters think Sturgeon is getting her money from? The Telegraph - Jamie Blackett“We’ll provide free bikes for all children of school age who can’t afford them....#BothVotesSNP.” Yes you read that right. No need for Scots to buy their children birthday presents this year, the government...
Lobbying PM 'risks losing red wall' over lobbying 'shame' bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsBoris Johnson could lose the "red wall" general election seats he won from Labour if he does not address the "shameful" lobbying crisis engulfing Whitehall, a senior Tory MP has warned. Sir Bernard Jenkin...
Lancashire Blackburn's rule-breaking Mayor reinstated into Labour Party and will stand at local elections lancashiretelegraph.co.uk - Sophie-May Clarke A MAYOR who quit his post after he was caught attending a wedding during the national lockdown has been readmitted into the Labour Party and will …
Keir Starmer Poll says Labour support lowest level under Keir Starmer as Tories increase lead heraldscotland.com - David Bol SUPPORT for Labour has dropped to the lowest level under Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership, a new poll has revealed, while the Conservatives have been …
Scottish Politics Lib Dems 'confident' of stopping SNP majority as they launch manifesto inews.co.uk - Chris Green The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has said he is “confident” his party will help to stop the SNP winning a majority at next month’s …
Coventry Lib Dems want to break up ‘stale’ two-party politics verified_publishercoventrytelegraph.net - Tom Davis The Local Democracy Reporting Service spoke to the group as part of a series of party profiles ahead of the local elections in Coventry on May …
Nigeria Why There Will Be No Election In Yorubaland In 2023, Igboho’s Aide, Koiki Says | Sahara Reporters saharareporters.com Olayomi Koiki, media aide to Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has explained why the Oduduwa Nation agitators …
England Knowsley's politicians make their pitch for the local elections liverpoolecho.co.uk - Christopher McKeon Knowsley goes to the polls next month to elect 17 councillors in local elections being held on May 6. A total of 50 candidates are battling for votes …
Alba Party 'The shame of Scotland': Alex Salmond in blistering attack on BBC executives thenational.scot - Xander Richards ALEX Salmond has said that the BBC “cannot be trusted to report on Scotland’s “democracy” in a scathing attack on the national broadcaster. The former …
Liberal Democrats (UK) Meet your Reading 2021 election candidates: Central (Abbey, Battle, Katesgrove and Minster) readingchronicle.co.uk - Tevye Markson With the local elections just a few weeks away (May 6), we asked all the parties and candidates to send over a photo and introduction to tell you who …
Leeds Deadline for registering to vote in Leeds elections approaches - here is what you need to know yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk - Daniel Sheridan Leeds residents have until Monday to register to vote, while the deadline for postal voting is 5pm the next day on Tuesday April 20. If you haven’t …
Opinion (Canada) Conrad Black: Erin O'Toole promised boldness and change. We're still waiting nationalpost.com - Conrad Black The leader of the federal opposition, Erin O’Toole, gave an important address to his Conservative partisans, anticipating a general election at his …
UK Politics Could Stockport council change hands again at next month’s local elections? manchestereveningnews.co.uk - Nick Statham It’s been two years since Stockport voters last went to the polls to have their say on who runs the town hall. Back in 2019 - in the days before Covid …
The New York TimesLabour Party (UK) Shirley Williams, Breakaway Political Force in Britain, Dies at 90 verified_publisherThe New York Times - Isabella KwaiLONDON — Shirley Williams, a pioneering British lawmaker and former cabinet member who broke from the Labour Party in the 1980s to help found a centrist movement that briefly promised to upend British...
The TelegraphKeir Starmer Starmer might not be the problem – but his party certainly is The Telegraph - Tom HarrisThe journey from opposition to government is a long and arduous one. The Conservatives have managed to achieve it on numerous occasions in its history; the Labour Party has found it a far more challenging...
Manchester Greater Manchester mayoral election candidates rochdaleonline.co.uk Date published: 16 April 2021 On Thursday 6 May, 2021 residents will have their say on who represents them in the Greater Manchester Mayoral and local …
Plymouth Young Southway mum furloughed from her job stands for election plymouthherald.co.uk - Edward Oldfield Restaurant supervisor Emily Quick found herself with extra time on her hands after being furloughed from her job at the Dartmoor Diner due to the …
Simon Bridges National's six months in a leaky boat newsroom.co.nz - Sam Sachdeva National’s six months in a leaky boat The National Party is six months into its rebuild following a disastrous election result and once again leaking …
UK Politics Shropshire Council election 2021: Who is standing and what are the parties pledging? shropshirestar.com - Keri Trigg The poll will see 232 candidates vying to be elected to one of the 74 positions on the council. Taking place on May 6, the election will be slightly …
