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Rishi Sunak has revealed his go-to Nando’s order – and it includes a helping of broccoli.The prime minister revealed his preferred dish is half a chicken, medium spiced, with chips and broccoli, declaring: “It’s good broccoli.”Mr Sunak spoke about his peri-peri chicken restaurant order when he was quizzed by a girl’s team at Wantage Town FC on Monday (3 June).The football team, made up of players between 12 and 15 years old, also asked Mr Sunak his favourite club, which he replied was Southampton. More

Nigel Farage said he felt like he was letting voters down by not standing in the election, as he announced he will stand for parliament in Clacton and lead Reform UK for the next five years.“I simply couldn’t help feeling that somehow they felt I was letting them down,” he said at a press conference on Monday (3 May).“I’ve changed my mind. It’s allowed you know, it’s not always a sign of weakness. It could potentially be a sign of strength.“So I am going to stand in this election. I’ll be launching my candidacy at midday tomorrow in the Essex seaside town of Clacton.” More

Sir Keir Starmer has said he would be prepared to deploy nuclear weapons if needed to defend the UK.The Labour leader said the nuclear deterrent programme is “vital” to the UK’s defence and that he would be prepared to use it.Answering questions from the media during a general election campaign event at the Fusilier Museum in Bury on Monday (3 June), Sir Keir said: “On the nuclear deterrent, it is fundamental, it is a vital part of our defence and of course, that means we have to be prepared to use it.”Now nobody who aspires to be prime minister would set out the circumstances in which it would be used. That would be irresponsible.” More

Rishi Sunak was photobombed by Liberal Democrats campaigners on a boat as he spoke to rowers in Oxfordshire on Monday, 3 June.The prime minister was visiting a riverside rowing club as Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper and a group of activists rode past on the water holding orange diamond-shaped voting placards.Campaigners could be seen waving at the PM and media following him.Of the stunt, a Lib Dem source told media: “This is just another small boat Rishi Sunak can’t deal with.” More

Kemi Badenoch clashed with a BBC Radio 4 host over questioning on Liz Truss’s appearance on a “far-right” podcast.The former prime minister was interviewed on the Lotus Eaters platform founded by Carl Benjamin, who previously joked about raping MP Jess Phillips.Hope Not Hate said it is “completely irresponsible” for any MP or candidate to share a platform with “far-right activists.”Asked whether it was appropriate for a Tory candidate to appear on the platform, the women and equalities minister told Mishal Husain: “We’ve had lots of scenarios of BBC presenters saying things that are inappropriate.“I don’t know about the show… I don’t like making comments on things like that that I don’t know… It is trivial, it is unserious.” More

Former Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle says the party made him a “sacrificial lamb” after he was suspended following a complaint was made about his behaviour.The MP for Brighton Kemptown will not be able to stand as a candidate at the general election on 4 July.He has described the complaint as “vexatious and politically motivated.”“They could have allowed me to stand and investigated afterwards, like they will do with many complaints. There’s no accusation I’m a current danger to anyone or the campaign,” Mr Russell-Moyle told Politics Live on Friday, 31 May.“[Labour] would not have dealt with these complaints in this way if it was [Sir Keir Starmer].” More

A Conservative MP has hit out at “bullies” who posted “excrement” through the letterbox of her constituency office.Katherine Fletcher, who is standing for re-election in South Ribble, said she would not be deterred from campaigning following the incident.In a video message, posted on X on Thursday (30 May), Ms Fletcher said: “Today the police are at my office because somebody has put excrement through the letterbox.”One of my volunteers had to find that this morning.”Now, I understand that women get more than their fair share in political environments, but this attempt to bully me will not work because it is not the decent or right thing to do.” More

A bereaved son whose mother died during the coronavirus pandemic confronted Rishi Sunak over the Partygate scandal, asking the prime minister how he could be trusted as he continued the campaign trail on Thursday, 30 May.Nick Fox confronted Mr Sunak during his visit to visit to Niftylift, a cherry picker manufacturer near Milton Keynes.The 35-year-old environment, health and safety officer told the PM he lost his mother a month after Boris Johnson’s June 2020 birthday celebration in No 10, which Mr Sunak attended and was fined for.“How can anyone trust you or the party after things like this?” Mr Fox asked. More