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Guido Fawkes6 May 2026

Polanski Admits Falsely Claiming to be Red Cross Spokesman

Zack Polanski has admitted he was never a spokesman for Red Cross after the Times revealed he had claimed to be so on campaign websites. It just keeps coming… Polanski repeatedly referred to himself as a “spokesperson for the British Red Cross.” On the Today Programme he admitted he “used the wrong word” but insisted that…

Guido Fawkes6 May 2026

McFadden: Starmer Feeling ‘Remarkably Resolute’ Ahead of Locals

Work & Pensions Secretary and Starmer ally Pat McFadden has said that the PM is feeling “surprisingly resolute” before the local elections. McFadden gave a defence of Starmer’s need to serve out his full term: “I think this country has tested to destruction the idea that the answer to our problems is to swipe left…

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Express Politics6 May 2026

Where is my polling station? Are there local elections in my area?

Millions of people will cast their votes on Thursday for representatives in their local area.

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Express Politics6 May 2026

Keir Starmer humiliated as Welsh Labour leader admits party could lose because of him

Wales's First Minister admitted Labour could lose control of the Senedd due to the PM's unpopularity.

Express Politics6 May 2026

When will the local election results be announced? Will there be an exit poll?

Sir Keir Starmer is gearing up for a difficult evening.

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Express Politics6 May 2026

Zack Polanski's popularity slumps after Golders Green Police row

New poll shows the Green Party leader's ratings have dropped in the last week.

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Express Politics6 May 2026

Zack Polanski bombshell as 2 false claims made by Green Party leader exposed

The revelations raise questions about the accuracy of claims Mr Polanski made to potential supporters.

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Conservative Home6 May 2026

Honestly, what’s it all for? Do we really understand what local government is about?

Few people outside politics know who their councillor is and yet up and down the country there are people who stand to serve, to deliver, what are really important but dull day to day operations, and they do so for little reward. When choosing them we should at least think what it is they do. The post Honestly, what’s it all for? Do we really understand what local government is about? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics6 May 2026

Apps, activists and an ‘air war’: Essex campaign is test of Reform UK’s professionalisation

Nigel Farage’s party sees local elections as showcase for a sleeker approach borrowing from an unlikely source Nigel Farage was midway through his walkabout of Waltham Abbey when a hunting horn loudly sounded on the Essex market town’s pedestrianised high street. “Oi oiii!” exclaimed the owner of Ouch Tattoos, Rob Chillingworth, putting down the instrument and reaching out a welcoming hand to the approaching Reform UK leader. For Farage, this was the latest stop in a midweek tour of half a dozen

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Conservative Home6 May 2026

John Redwood: Don’t wince – we need to be talking about Europe again

More than half our imports come from the EU. To get economic growth we would achieve more if we concentrated on import reduction from Europe including the EU by making and growing more at home. Let's start with oil, gas and electricity, and move onto backing our farms and market gardens to grow more of what we need to cut the food miles. The post John Redwood: Don’t wince – we need to be talking about Europe again appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics6 May 2026

UK's youngest councillor issues scathing attack on Starmer's Labour - 'Days are numbered'

Ahead of the local elections, Britain's youngest council leader tells RICHARD ASHMORE why Labour is doomed and how he survived a vote of no confidence.

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Conservative Home6 May 2026

Miriam Cates: Boris Johnson is very clever and very wrong

As a classicist Boris Johnson must be familiar with the fall of the Roman Empire, which was brought about in part by collapsing fertility rates. Yet he fails to recognise a parallel impending catastrophe of our own times. In fact, Johnson says that falling populations are a “blessing” and a “ray of hope”, because of the “crippling burden” human beings place on nature. But are people not part of the natural world? The post Miriam Cates: Boris Johnson is very clever and very wrong appeared first o