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Good boys cast their vote: Dogs, cats and a COW are taken to polling stations across the UK as polls open for local elections (and Dilyn joins Boris Johnson in Westminster)

05/05/22 09:25

The dogs of Britain are out in full force as their owners queued to cast their votes in the local elections today. Polling stations up and down the country opened up their doors at 7am this morning, with many faithful pups making a quick stop-off with their owners during their morning walks to let them pick their next local leader. The hashtag #dogsatpollingstations has started trending once again on Twitter, with dog owners sharing snaps of their pets in front of the black and white polling station sign. Many of the buildings hosting the votes today do not allow dogs to be brought inside, so many users on Twitter have shared their pups waiting outside diligently on what has been dubbed as 'Super Thursday'. Boris Johnson also got in on the dog action as he brought beloved dog Dilyn to his nearby polling station at 7.40am on Thursday morning. The Prime Minister appeared to be in good spirits as he appeared at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster to cast his vote in the local elections. He was smiling and wished reporters a good morning, but was otherwise tight-lipped about an election in which the Conservatives are predicted to lose hundreds of council seats. Mr Johnson was not with his wife Carrie but instead accompanied by his dog Dilyn. The polling stations are open until 10pm today, with millions of Britons expected to vote in a day full of glorious sunshine ahead of a heatwave next week....read

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Beware the perils of a Partygate protest vote
05/05/22 01:10
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: With the weather forecast to brighten, there may be a million and one things more alluring to do than vote today. But the Daily Mail urges every reader to cast their ballot.
While France and Germany vacillate, Boris Johnson looks like the only grown-up in the room... The Prime Minister has become a hero in Ukraine and is a pivotal figure in how this tragic conflict will play out, writes STEPHEN ROBINSON
04/05/22 21:08
STEPHEN ROBINSON: This Prime Minister - and, let's not forget, biographer of Winston Churchill - immediately grasped the importance of symbolism in the conduct of this war.
'Don't punish us for mistakes at Westminster': Tory council candidates style themselves as 'local Conservatives' in bid to keep a distance from Boris's Partygate woes
04/05/22 16:27
Some Conservative leaflets have been revealed to include a plea to voters to not 'punish local Conservatives for the mistakes made in Westminster'.
Now even Green councillors admit LTNs cause 'more harm than good': Party candidates lobby against 'poorly designed' traffic-calming measures across London
03/05/22 13:04
Several Green candidates in the upcoming local elections are now campaigning against LTNs - which close some roads to through-traffic.
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Nicola Sturgeon REFUSES to define 'woman' because it 'oversimplifies' the trans debate: Scottish First Minister sparks backlash as SNP moves to make self-ID without doctor's approval law
03/05/22 06:20
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has declined to define what a woman is, saying it would 'oversimplify' the debate over gender reform and could harm trans people.
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ANDREW PIERCE: Tweet trouble brewing for calamity Keir Starmer
02/05/22 01:01
ANDREW PIERCE: Keir Starmer has had a disastrous week and must be relying on his team to rally round.
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Next Queen's Speech could be slimmed down so that 'Tory laws' can be passed to woo voters, government aides are told
29/04/22 23:42
The special advisers were also warned they were already in the 'long campaign' for the next general election and were told to focus on preparing for the locals next week on May 5.
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At last, they've realised voters have REAL issues to worry about: HENRY DEEDES watches a PMQs with no mention of Partygate
27/04/22 21:53
HENRY DEEDES: Stop the presses! Yesterday, somehow, we managed to get through an entire PMQs without so much as a mention of Partygate. Yup, you read that correctly.
An MOT every TWO years? Boris's cost-of-living crisis Cabinet sees ministers urge PM to cut taxes, slash motoring bureaucracy, make childcare cheaper and ditch Net Zero in attempt to ease costs WITHOUT any government spending
26/04/22 07:01
With just a week until crucial local elections, Boris Johnson gathered his team to thrash out 'innovative' ways of lowering the cost-of-living burden on Britons.
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Labour turns up the heat on Rishi Sunak over billionaire heiress wife's tax affairs by vowing to ABOLISH non-dom status
25/04/22 14:13
At the beginning of this month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak's billionaire heiress wife, Akshata Murty, was revealed to have non-dom tax status.
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Sue Gray 'is told by Met Police she cannot publish her Downing Street Partygate report until all fines have been handed out' despite the force concluding their investigations
17/04/22 01:19
Sue Gray (pictured) has been told she cannot publish her highly-anticipated Partygate report until all the related fines have been handed out.
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Get your paws off! Lib Dem leader Ed Davey falls to his knees in desperate bid to stroke pet cat in latest bungled photo op by a politician on campaign trail after Theresa May awkwardly ate chips and THAT bacon sandwich moment
13/04/22 10:00
The 56-year-old is seen pointing at Watford feline Mikee before getting to his knees and going in for a stroke - only for the less than friendly feline to back off and leave him hanging.
Death of the English village: Boris is warned of backlash at local elections as sprawling towns 'swallow' rural areas in Tory heartlands amid push for 340,000 new homes a year
11/04/22 09:58
Planning reforms designed to help the government hit its target of 340,000 new homes a year are still expected to be a significant factor at local elections next month.
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'Cynical' Lib Dem-Labour pact for local polls could be a 'trial run' for possible pact at the next general elections, warns senior Tory
08/04/22 21:00
Across swathes of the 'Red Wall' battleground in the Midlands and the North, the Liberal Democrats are fielding candidates in only a fraction of the seats up for grabs.
Blow for Sturgeon as poll shows 53 PER CENT of Scots oppose her drive to split the UK with Tories urging voters to 'send SNP a message' in local elections next month
06/04/22 09:12
Research by Survation found 53 per cent would vote 'no' in a separatist referendum, excluding those who said they were undecided.
Law student suing her university after being investigated for saying 'women have vaginas' will stand for election fort Alex Salmond's Alba party
15/02/22 16:57
Mother-of-two Lisa Keogh, 29, has revealed she will contest the Arbroath West, Letham and Friockheim ward in the May 5 local elections.
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Sir Keir in the clear over lockdown beer: Durham Police 'have probed video of Labour leader Starmer drinking with friends and believe no offence was committed'
07/02/22 01:59
The Labour leader, 59, was seen drinking from a bottle in a Durham constituency shortly before the local elections in April - while 'step two' Covid restrictions were still in place.
Tory MPs call on Scotland Yard to investigate Keir Starmer's lockdown beer as heat intensifies on Boris Johnson over partygate
25/01/22 22:55
David Morris, Tory MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, told the Commons there was 'no difference' between what Boris Johnson and Sir Keir had been accused of.
Keir Starmer is accused of flouting Covid rules banning political campaigners from meeting indoors during local ballots last year
17/01/22 22:25
Sir Keir Starmer was accused last night of flouting Covid guidance which banned political campaigners from meeting indoors during last year's local elections.
Ringleader of the student backlash against Rod Liddle's speech at Durham University is a Jeremy Corbyn supporter who stood for the Labour Party
11/12/21 22:23
Sean Hannigan, 22, (pictured) is one of the ringleaders of the student backlash against Rod Liddle's speech at Durham University and a Jeremy Corbyn supporter who stood for the Labour Party.
Republicans slam lame duck NYC mayor Bill de Blasio for 'devaluing citizenship' with his plan to give 800K non-citizens the right to vote in city elections from 2023
07/12/21 22:33
The New York City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio are poised to pass a law that will give about 800,000 non-citizens the right to vote in local elections.
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How green are you really Boris? PM used JCB tycoon's £47million private jet and helicopter and pumped out 21 tonnes of CO2 during local election campaign it is emerges... as he prepares to host COP26 climate summit
24/10/21 00:56
The prime minister travelled more than 1,200 miles on JCB tycoon Lord Bamford's jet in the fortnight leading up to May's local elections.
Keir Starmer was told to 'step aside' during a meeting of Labour's ruling body after the party's election defeat
18/07/21 00:44
A source who attended the nine-hour virtual meeting of the powerful National Executive Committee (NEC) said: 'An NEC member directly asked the leader to consider stepping aside.'
Emmanuel Macron's party is wiped out in French local elections that also see Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party fail to break through
27/06/21 19:10
Sunday's nationwide poll in France saw Macron's party experience a total wipe-out while Marine Le Pen's far-Right National Rally party failed to make a breakthrough in today's elections.
'Knowing this man was ignoring the rules whilst we were unable to hug friends and family at our loved ones funerals is heartbreaking': Bereaved families' disgust at Matt Hancock after CCTV exposes him kissing aide and breaking his own Covid regulations
25/06/21 11:20
The Health Secretary, 42, was caught on camera in a passionate clinch with millionaire lobbyist Gina Coladangelo, 43, who was brought in as a taxpayer-funded advisor in March last year.
King of the Middle Class Radicals: That was grammar school-educated Sir Keir Starmer's university nickname. Even now, says a biography the Labour leader tried to obstruct, he's guilty of overplaying his working-class credentials
12/06/21 21:00
LORD ASHCROFT: Those who know Sir Keir Starmer well often speak of his decency, integrity, intellect and reluctance to give too much away about himself.
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ANDREW PIERCE: Can lessons of Mrs Thatcher's ad guru save Labour?
17/05/21 00:54
ANDREW PIERCE: Under pressure to get a grip after his party's abysmal performance in the Hartlepool by-election and local elections, Sir Keir Starmer is seeking tried-and-tested talent.
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DAN HODGES: Red Wall voters think Labour cares more about the Palestinians than them. And they're right
16/05/21 00:39
DAN HODGES: Concerns of the working men and women of Redcar and Cleveland come second to the concerns of the terrorists of the Gaza Strip.
No smoke without fine! Tory MP Richard Holden is hit with £100 penalty notice for littering after dropping cigarette butt outside North-West Durham election count
10/05/21 17:56
Mr Holden, who represents North-West Durham, was hit with the charge in Stanley, County Durham. The MP has previously posted images online of him litter picking (above).
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DAN WOOTTON: Why last week's elections are a wake-up call for the rest of the woke elite who think they run Britain - unless they too want to go the way of the Labour party
10/05/21 14:27
It's hard to believe but Labour's dud leader Keir Starmer wasn't the biggest loser after this weekend's game-changing set of election results, writes DAN WOOTON.
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DAN HODGES: Boris Johnson's enemies are so blinded by Brexit hatred they still can't grasp the truth that ordinary people really like him!
08/05/21 21:00
DAN HODGES: I'm in Darlington, sitting in the sunshine outside The Boot & Shoe pub and we're discussing the local elections.
Boris Johnson slams prospect of Scottish second referendum as 'irresponsible and reckless' as Nicola Sturgeon fights for a majority amid claims that SNP could miss out by ONE seat
08/05/21 01:21
Boris Johnson has insisted he would not support another independence vote, saying a referendum would be 'irresponsible and reckless' in the 'current context' following the pandemic.
Keir Starmer plans move out of London as Labour's Khalid Mahmood quits shadow cabinet with attack on 'London-based bourgeoisie' and 'woke social media warriors' he says have taken over the party
08/05/21 01:20
Khalid Mahmood, the MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, quit as a shadow defence minister in the wake of Labour's disastrous election meltdown that saw it surrender Hartlepool to the Conservatives.
Starmageddon! Boris Johnson oversees a string of stunning Tory local poll victories as party gains Northumberland, Dudley and Nottinghamshire in final shattering of Labour's Red Wall
08/05/21 00:37
The dismal results triggered a fresh wave of Labour infighting, with the Left hitting back at claims by Lord Mandelson that the party was suffering the effects of 'Long Corbyn' syndrome.
Ministers say Boris could rule longer than Thatcher's 11 years: Results suggest Conservatives would take 36 MORE Westminster seats from Labour at next General Election - as triumphant Tories boast 'WE'RE the true workers' party now'
07/05/21 23:10
The Tories could snatch dozens more Red Wall seats at the next General Election following a collapse in support for the Brexit Party, sources say.
Walpole, Disraeli, Churchill, Thatcher... now Boris enters the pantheon: Johnson may be clownish but after this election victory, he has uncanny parallels with the greats, says DOMINIC SANDBROOK
07/05/21 21:03
DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Mr Johnson just keep on winning. Originally dismissed as a joke candidate, he was twice elected as a Conservative Mayor of supposedly Left-wing London.
The day Boris blew up Labour: Keir Starmer suffers election bloodbath as Khalid Mahmood quits as shadow minister with attack on 'London-based bourgeoisie' - as Tories say 'WE'RE the true workers' party'
07/05/21 21:02
Labour was thrashed in the Hartlepool by-election, with Jill Mortimer securing a majority of almost 7,000 in a seat the Tories had not held since 1964.
'Bojo of Blackburn' Tory candidate WINS election by 113 votes after becoming internet sensation with bizarre campaign video in vandalised children's playground
07/05/21 20:09
Tiger Patel, who says he has been described as 'the BoJo of Blackburn', won as the Conservative candidate for the Audley and Queen's Park ward.
JANET STREET-PORTER: Labour lost because Boris may be a sleazy, blustering buffoon but he gave us the vaccine, gives people a laugh and nobody has the first idea what 'flat-pack' Starmer would do as PM
07/05/21 16:19
I have no idea what Keir Starmer would be like as Prime Minister. Or even whether I could face a whole evening talking sensibly to him, writes JANET STREET-PORTER.
Dominic Cummings roasts Keir Starmer AND Boris Johnson in astonishing Twitter rant accusing both main parties of failing to be 'focused on ... being a serious government' and suggests they should copy his referendum success with Vote Leave instead
07/05/21 12:02
The former Downing Street Svengali gloated that the Opposition leader had spent a year in charge 'without a message to the country' as the party lost a seat it has held for half a century.
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Boris Johnson slams prospect of Scottish second referendum as 'irresponsible and reckless' as Nicola Sturgeon fights for a majority amid claims that SNP could miss out by ONE seat
07/05/21 08:35
Boris Johnson has insisted he would not support another independence vote, saying a referendum would be 'irresponsible and reckless' in the 'current context' following the pandemic.
#StarmerOut: Keir Starmer becomes subject of humiliating memes as fury builds over Labour's loss in Hartlepool by-election and faces more pain at the polls today
07/05/21 06:49
Labour leader Keir Starmer became a figure of ridicule this morning as he was subjected to an avalanche of memes urging him to stand down after party stronghold Hartlepool went Tory.
Keir Starmer plans move out of London as Labour's Khalid Mahmood quits as shadow minister with attack on 'London-based bourgeoisie' and 'woke social media warriors' he says have taken over the party
07/05/21 06:06
Khalid Mahmood, the MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, quit as a shadow defence minister in the wake of Labour's disastrous election meltdown that saw it surrender Hartlepool to the Conservatives.
Starmageddon! Three out of four people voted BLUE in Tees Valley as mayor is re-elected with HUGE 73% of vote - while Labour leaders in Sheffield, Oldham and Harlow as Tories trample 'Red Wall' heartlands
07/05/21 03:27
The Conservatives have taken Northumberland for the first time since the 1970, while also giving Labour a pasting in Harlow, Nuneaton and Dudley where they too control of the councils.
Keir Starmer faces fury from BOTH Labour wings after elections meltdown as Corbynites demand he lurches to the left and centrists warn he lacks 'political skills' and has 'nothing to say' to ordinary people
07/05/21 01:42
Hard-Left figures have been queuing up to warn the leader he will be 'out of a job' unless he stops 'flag-waving' and returns to more Socialist policies.
'We are not close to winning': Labour concedes defeat in the Hartlepool by-election as Boris Johnson and the Tories head for a historic victory and Sir Keir Starmer braces for more 'grim' results after 'Super Thursday' local ballots
06/05/21 21:00
Labour has conceded defeat in the Hartlepool by-election as the Tories head for a historic victory which will deliver a hammer blow to Sir Keir Starmer's leadership.
Moment 'pilfering' Labour councillor 'is caught on doorbell camera STEALING Tory election leaflet from letterbox' as she delivers her own party's campaign material
06/05/21 16:11
Councillor Rachael Ellis was spotted on a constituent's doorbell camera as she strode up to the house clutching a stack of Labour Party leaflets on Saturday in Bestwood St Albans.
Scots battle through SNOW to vote in crunch Holyrood elections as Tories plead for people to 'lend' them votes to block Nicola Sturgeon's independence drive - with the SNP's chances of a majority '50-50'
06/05/21 09:50
The bitter battle for Holyrood has entered the final straight after the Tories pleaded for people to 'lend' their support to stop the SNP's drive for independence.
Boris Johnson is on a hat-trick! Prime Minister looks set to demolish 'Red Wall' with three more victories in Labour heartlands as poll puts Tories TEN POINTS ahead before Britain heads to polls TODAY
05/05/21 21:37
The Conservatives are on the brink of a historic victory in the Hartlepool by-election, as well as the two key mayoral races in the West Midlands and Tees Valley.
The chips are down! Rishi Sunak tucks in as parties mount final push ahead of Super Thursday - with Boris Johnson desperately trying to play down expectations of Tory 'hat-trick' in Hartlepool, West Mids and Tees Valley
05/05/21 11:46
Rishi Sunak risked a snack in full glare of cameras as he canvassed in Rhyl on the eve of crucial ballots across Britain.
'Say YES to NO clothes': Shocked residents are receiving hoax leaflets from 'Welsh Nude and Proud' party calling for naked 'revolution' ahead of this week's local elections
05/05/21 11:45
Dennis Smith, the supposed candidate for Newport West in Super Thursday's local elections, is promising cleaner air, wipe down bus seats and nudist hotspots if residents vote for him this week.
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Squirming Starmer faces bloodbath: 'Only four-in-ten previous Labour voters will back the party in Hartlepool by-election' poll finds - as Sir Keir pleads for more time as leader
04/05/21 21:32
Keir Starmer has pleaded for more time to turn Labour's fortunes around and said it was always going to take longer than a year to fix the damage caused under former leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Keir Starmer's cogs whirred lifelessly, spewing out dense proposals: HENRY DEEDES watches the Labour leader as he faces his first audition with the electorate
04/05/21 21:00
HENRY DEEDES: I'm no body language expert but when Sir Keir Starmer popped up on the BBC Breakfast sofa yesterday morning under the hot studio lights my first thought was... tense!
Tory lead over Labour dips to just five points ahead of 'Super Thursday' elections as Boris Johnson's approval rating also slides after tumultuous week in Westminster for the PM
02/05/21 08:19
The Conservative Party's poll lead over Labour has dipped to just five points ahead of 'Super Thursday' elections after Boris Johnson's tumultuous week in Westminster.
'Do you have any spare diazepam?' Labour MP admits texting vulnerable voter to ask him for prescription-only tranquilisers to help with panic attacks
01/05/21 22:12
Stephen Doughty, Labour MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, sent a late-night text message asking vulnerable constituent Byron Long for tablets of diazepam, better known as Valium.
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Labour is on course to lose DOZENS of seats in Red Wall councils to the Tories in next week's local elections, YouGov poll reveals despite signs Conservative party lead has been slashed
01/05/21 12:02
The survey found key marginals including Dudley, Northumberland and Derby are expected to be won by the Conservatives, who are also likely to be the largest party in Bolton.
'I'm used to doing this at the moment': Boris Johnson reveals he is helping bottle-feed his son Wilfred as he helps out with newborn lambs on the election campaign trail
23/04/21 14:52
The Prime Minister made a quip as he mucked in with the new season arrivals on a campaign trail visit to Derbyshire.
Lobbying row IS hurting Boris two weeks before crunch elections: PM faces fresh questions over 'WhatsApp government' as poll finds a FIFTH of Brits aware of Greensill row are less likely to vote for the Tories
23/04/21 13:40
A survey conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies for MailOnline found a majority of the public have heard of or followed the revelations about David Cameron lobbying the Government.

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