'BoJo of Blackburn' Tiger Patel wins election seat after viral campaign video
‘BoJo of Blackburn’ Tiger Patel wins election seat after viral campaign video Edd Dracott and Ali Mason, PA 7 May 2021, 1:08 pm A politician who went viral thanks to a campaign video that showed him giving peace signs standing behind X-rated graffiti in a children’s playground has won his seat in the local elections. Tiger Patel, who says he has been described as “the BoJo of Blackburn”, won his seat as the Conservative candidate for the Audley and Queen’s Park ward – beating the Labour incumbent Maryam Batan by 1,209 votes to 1,096. Responding to the news, Mr Patel tweeted: “...