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   Nigel Farage's Reform Party - which has led every single one of the last   
   200 (!!) polls - has put forward Laila Cunningham as its candidate for   
   Mayor of London and hopes are strong that she will defeat current Mayor   
   Sadiq Khan in the next mayoral election, which will be in 2028.   
      
   What's interesting about her is that she's a Muslim (like Khan) but a   
   much more moderate one who has many Jewish friends and appreciates   
   Jewish culture. She deplores the Muslims involved in the rape gangs that   
   give moderate Muslims a bad name.   
      
   These elections are widely seen as a referendum on the current national   
   government, led by Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, whose approval   
   rating is a near-record low of 11% in the most recent polls. Reform is   
   expected to do very well in the local elections which are coming this   
   May and then to have a huge victory in the next national election, which   
   Farage believes will come well before they are due in 2029. (And no, I   
   don't know why the mayoralty of London does NOT count as a local election.)   
      
   Here's a short interview with her:   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBg0F9jh1Uw [6 minutes]   
      
   Important note: The UK does not have the equivalent of states or   
   provinces so local elections are a much bigger deal than they are in   
   Canada or the US which have provincial and state governments. (Wales,   
   Scotland, and Northern Ireland *do* have their own legislatures for   
   matters delegated to them but England itself is governed only by   
   Parliament and local governments.)   
      
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   Rhino   
      
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