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Last modified on Wed 28 Apr 2021 13.18 EDT The Liverpudlian folk hero Jamie Webster has become used to lyrics from his hit song Something’s Gotta Give – “How can you tell me that this is where it’s at / When all the clowns are calling the shots?” – being quoted on social media whenever his city hits the headlines. He says his music fans – “the ordinary working man and woman” – use the song to channel their frustration at those in power. And there’s been plenty of opportunity in the last year. In October the city had one of England’s ...

Claims of 'phantom campaigns' and 'gutter politics' as Liverpool's mayoral election heats up Campaign ignited as challengers for the position fire on each other Stephen Yip is running for Mayor of Liverpool as an independent candidate Liverpool and Merseyside will be going to the polls in a vital election - get the inside track with our politics newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for...

Why your second choice vote could swing Liverpool's knife-edge mayoral election Voting system combined with city's political crisis could mean second preference votes are the deciding factor, writes political editor Liam Thorp Updated We are just weeks away from finding out who the new Mayor of Liverpool will be. A remarkable turn of events over the past few months means that the city is facing a knife-edge election which could easily go a number of different ways. While he denies wrongdoing, he has stepped aside from his position and will not be standing as the Labour Party candidate in the ...

Seven candidates set to face off in Liverpool mayoral election The nomination deadline has now passed 10:46, 9 APR 2021 Updated The seven candidates in the running to become mayor of Liverpool have been finalised. The deadline for nominations in May’s elections passed yesterday afternoon, with candidate lists now published for mayoral and council elections in Liverpool. Labour, who currently hold the mayoralty, will face candidates from five other political parties as well as independent candidate Stephen Yip. Next month’s poll will occur after an extended period of political turmoil in t...

Send in the commissioners? Author: Tom Harrison Above: profiteers making millions from NHS Test and Trace contracts Despite Thatcher being Prime Minister, the BBC still managed to get away with making socially relevant dramas in the 1980s. A particularly memorable one was United Kingdom, a play by Jim Allen, which imagined a Tory government sending in Commissioners to take over a town in the north of England after its local council refused to implement spending cuts. Major civil unrest ensued, as police were sent in to impose the central government's will on the working class community. Such ...