Competing in the London elections is a pricey affair. Contesting the mayoralty requires a £10,000 deposit, refundable only if you get over 5% of first round votes.
The London-wide assembly seats have a similar requirement. Parties have to stump up £5,000 to get on the ballot, and need more than 2.5% of votes across London to get their money back.
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This week we discuss controversy over the attempted detention of two Indian nationals in Glasgow, the government’s plan to introduce mandatory ID checks at elections, and Eurovision – because Jazza.
Joining us is whoever the British entry is.
Continue reading →Earlier this week, Guido Fawkes brought back it’s occasional spotlight on the Twitter bitch fight of the week. This is not always a gendered affair, but in this case it pitted two women against each other: Grace Blakeley and Faiza Shaheen.
Blakeley is a leftwing academic and pundit, currently writing for Tribune magazine. Shaheen is an inequality wonk and former Labour parliamentary candidate. In theory they are on the same team.
Continue reading →Twitter is a professional hazard for any ambitious person. And the latest tweeter to make a twat of himself is Howard Beckett, a candidate to lead the union Unite and member of Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC).
This week saw outrage in Glasgow over the attempted detention of two Indian nationals over suspected immigration offences. Amid the fury, Beckett criticised the home secretary Priti Patel, setter of immigration policy.
Continue reading →Questions over Keir Starmer’s leadership will die down over the next few weeks, but the local elections have hurt his authority.
It’s also never too early to speculate on who could head up the Labour party next, and several candidates have already announced themselves, explicitly or otherwise. As such, Marchamont has drawn up a shortlist:
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