Hamza Chowdhury, a Green councillor for Holborn and Covent Garden, is fighting his own leader Zack Polanski for the party’s candidacy in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. This is the one thing Polanski didn’t want to happen…
Chowdhury said this afternoon:
“We don’t need another MP who arrives during the election campaign, puts out a few leaflets and disappears once the votes are counted…”
There were some fears in Polanski’s camp that members might opt for a local candidate. Camden Greens will hold a formal meeting to decide who wins the selection this Thursday. The result is due on Friday. Watch Guido’s YouTube dispatch from the seat by clicking here…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”