Alberto Thomas

Mid Beds’ new Labour MP says “tonight residents have made history”

Labour has won the Mid Bedfordshire by-election, taking the seat from the Conservatives. This is a victory that is being called the “biggest by-election shock in history” after Labour overturned a Conservative...

“I’m the only one opposed to their crazy ideas,” says Heritage Party mayoral candidate

The Heritage Party candidate to be Bedford’s next mayor said he is standing to “protect people’s freedoms”. Bedford resident Alberto Thomas said: “I thought to myself if I don’t stand it will impact the...

Bedford’s mayoral candidates plan to tackle institutional racism

Bedford’s mayoral candidates all said they accepted that institutional racism is an issue, and they set out their plans to address it. Bedford’s African and Caribbean communities were given the opportunity...

Heritage Party candidate: “abandon the commitment to net zero”

The Heritage Party mayoral candidate told an audience that the adherence to green ideology is “economically insane” and the commitments...

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