Citing increasingly toxic debate, many 30-somethings not contesting Thursday’s electionsSix months ago, Paul White was diagnosed with heart failure. He was 32 and had been the leader of Pendle council, in east Lancashire, for just a few months. The stress of the position, he now believes, was making him dangerously ill.Since taking over the top job last May, drawing the princely allowance of £6,500 for the 30-hours-a-week job, White has called the police four times because of threatening messages he received from constituents. Continue reading…
Via: 'Abuse, long hours and pitiful pay': younger councillors abandon local politics
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…