A local election candidate who has repeatedly stood for the Tories in north Manchester has been dropped by the party at the last minute after the Manchester Evening News uncovered a stream of racist posts dating back years. Charalampos Kagouras called Rusholme's Curry Mile the ‘P**i mile’ on Twitter earlier this month. In 2017 he wrote: "F*** Muslims and their mosques...confiscate their British passports." Since last summer, the Charlestown hopeful has variously urged others to prepare for ‘religious war’; called for white people to unite against ‘the one and only enemy…Islam’; and has argued that white people are the only ‘true’ Europeans. Mr Kagouras stood for the Conservatives in Cheetham last year, as well as in Miles Platting and Newton Heath in 2015 and 2016, then under the first name Harry. This year, he was selected to stand in Charlestown on May 2. After the M.E.N. highlighted his social media history, the party today said … [Read more...] about Tories drop Manchester election candidate who dubbed Curry Mile ‘P**i Mile’
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Rachel Riley takes aim at election candidate
An election candidate has been labelled "shameful" by Countdown's Rachel Riley, after sharing a petition which wanted to stop the TV star speaking out against anti-Semitism.Teaching assistant Laura Edie - who is standing for Labour in Newtown ward in Dartford - shared a link to the change.org petition "Rachel Riley - Stop Smearing UK Labour" last week, prompting the TV star to hit back.The Countdown maths expert posted: "Lovely example of a teaching assistant @UKLabour @Dartford_Labour council candidate @ediebeady8 sharing a petition set up by an obsessive antisemitic racistknown for harassing those who speak out, aiming to have me silenced for standing up to it."@Change facilitating it. Shameful."The petition against Rachel Riley, which now has 1,971 signatures, was launched after Rachel shared a petition against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.It stated: "Jeremy Corbyn is an antisemite and is unfit to hold any public office. Over 50,000 signatures, and now it has mine. Please add yours … [Read more...] about Rachel Riley takes aim at election candidate
Meet the Reigate & Banstead Local Election candidates
New ward boundaries mean that every seat in every ward is up for election on Reigate and Banstead Borough Council (RBBC) in May. Currently, the Conservatives hold a commanding majority with 39 of the council's 50 seats. Residents' Associations in Nork and Tattenhams are second with a combined six councillors. Each ward will be electing three councillors, meaning that residents will be required to vote for three candidates. The new makeup of RBBC will consist of 45 councillors. Polls open at 7am on May 2 and close at 10pm, with the votes counted the next day. In addition, seats on Horley Town Council and on Salfords and Sidlow Parish Council will be contested so residents in those areas will have more choices to make. Just for fun... These were the most commonly used words in the Reigate and Banstead election bios (story continued below). Below are all the candidates who are standing for election in each ward. SurreyLive gave them 100 words (they've been cut off if they've gone … [Read more...] about Meet the Reigate & Banstead Local Election candidates
Scottish Labour announce EU election candidates
Scotland politics 18 April 2019 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47983523 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Related TopicsEU Election 2019 The Scottish Labour Party has announced its candidates for next month's … [Read more...] about Scottish Labour announce EU election candidates
Scottish Lib Dems unveil EU election candidates
Scotland politics 18 April 2019 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share this with Facebook Share this with WhatsApp Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share Share this with These are external links and will open in a new window Email Share this with Email Facebook Share this with Facebook Messenger Share this with Messenger Messenger Share this with Messenger Twitter Share this with Twitter Pinterest Share this with Pinterest WhatsApp Share this with WhatsApp LinkedIn Share this with LinkedIn Copy this link https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-47974501 Read more about sharing. These are external links and will open in a new window Close share panel Related TopicsEU Election 2019 The Scottish Liberal Democrats have unveiled their candidates for next … [Read more...] about Scottish Lib Dems unveil EU election candidates