DRIVERS confronted idiot activists who blocked a major London roundabout and delayed an ambulance this morning. Furious motorists snatched a banner from the idiots while others tried to push them o…
Month: October 2022
The company will also expand its Simply Food business with another 104 outlets as part of the overhaul of…
The company will also expand its Simply Food business with another 104 outlets as part of the overhaul of…
A British treasure hunter was celebrating last night after being granted salvage rights to £32million of silver bars he…
Thursday’s front pages report on the continuing unease about the government tax cut plans and the mess of the Tory party following the prime minister’s first PMQs since the unveiling of the mini-budget.
The provisional total for the year so far is now more than 36,400, including 3,462 crossings recorded in October to…
Ex-Gogglebox star Josh Tapper is running for the seat of Chipping Barnet (Picture: Josh Tapper)
Ex-Gogglebox couch critic Josh Tapper has announced he is throwing his hat in the ring to become a MP.
Taking to Twitter earlier this week, the 25-year-old revealed he would be standing as a Labour candidate in the seat of Chipping Barnet.
In a two-minute video, Tapper said that although ‘some people may think I’m too young or inexperienced’, he wanted to be judged on his ‘record’.
‘From reversing Tory neglect on our green spaces to pioneering institutional change of mental health support, I’ve always shown that no matter how big the challenge, I’ll always take it on and get the job done,’ he continued.
The former campaign assistant previously worked for ex-Tory Prime Minister Theresa May, but said in the video that the party had ‘driven our country into the ground’ and that it now needed ‘a transformative Labour government’.
Clearly in campaign mode, he also referenced his work volunteering in a local food bank and at cancer care charities, as well as being a trustee of Homeless Action in Barnet.
‘I’ve seen how our community supports one another, but in 21st century Britain no-one should be going hungry, especially our NHS heroes,’ he added.
‘Right now our country is too divided and I want to play my part in turning that around.
Politics is about people. Our community taught me to work hard, stand up for others, give back and fight for what you believe in. Theresa Villiers doesn’t fight for the change we need. That’s why I’m standing to be the first Labour MP for Chipping Barnet.https://t.co/EeL7XFsWQt pic.twitter.com/Rr5dBuyG5w— Josh Tapper for Chipping Barnet (@JoshDTapper) October 10, 2022
Tapper previously appeared on 10 seasons of Gogglebox with his mum Nikki, dad Jonathan and sister Amy, but left the series in 2018 after being offered a Cabinet Office job.
Amy, Jonathan, Nikki and Josh Tapper previously appeared on Gogglebox (Picture: Channel 4)
At the time he told The Mirror that the door had been left open for him to return, but that ‘the focus is now very much on my job.’
More: TrendingWWE’s Liv Morgan backs MJF to make best choice in 2024 and explains photo with AEW starJimmy Carr given chance to destroy Hitler painting by shredding it for Channel 4 showPiers Morgan insists Mike Tindall on I’m A Celebrity different to Meghan and Harry’s deals
In the campaign video, Tapper also said that while Labour had ‘drifted in recent years’, he had been working with many others to ‘rebuild that trust’.
He also took aim at sitting MP Theresa Villiers, whom he said ‘doesn’t fight for the change we need.’
‘She’s part of the problem, standing idly by while people suffer at the hands of her Tory colleagues’.
Tapper is set to have his work cut out for him, with the seat being held by the Conservatives since its creation in 1974.
Got a story?
If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.
MORE : Celebrity Gogglebox’s Babatunde Aleshe ‘signs up’ to I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! as show returns to Australia
MORE : Gogglebox stars sob over death of Queen Elizabeth II after emotional BBC tribute: ‘She’s incomparable’
The former SmackDown Women’s Champion gets people talking.
The Iranian government has perpetrated brutal crackdowns against protesters, with over 100 feared dead. The Iranian government has perpetrated…
King Charles III is due to be crowned next year, with a coronation ceremony taking place at Westminster Abbey…
Jacob Rees-Mogg held a meeting with Tory MPs on Tuesday to try and persuade them not to back Sir…
A Kanye West interview with the YouTube talk show The Shop: Uninterrupted has been scrapped after he allegedly used “hate speech and extremely dangerous stereotypes” in an interview.
JAMES Cleverly has warned restless Tory rebels that ousting Liz Truss would be “disastrous” for the economy – but the Foreign Secretary won’t rule out more mini budget u-turns. The PM i…
Helen and Richie split in April when their youngest child was just four months old.
Liz Truss’s most senior advisers have told her that she needs to rip up last month’s mini-Budget Liz Truss’s…
Tensions between the US and China have surged since Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier in 2022. Tensions between the…
Six years after the referendum which took Britain out of the EU, there’s still a lot to talk about…
Her bother Haydon, died in 2019, just nine months after Leah went missing, as his mum has said the ‘pain’ he felt was too much.
The presence of the Koh-i-noor diamond at the ceremony next May could cause a diplomatic row.
Detectives investigating the disappearance of Leah Croucher have launched a murder inquiry.
The FBI is seeking relatives of a dead man as they seek a breakthrough in identifying a victim of…
Foreign secretary, James Cleverly, calls on Tory colleagues to unite behind PM as unrest grows Removing Liz Truss as prime…
The American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been told to pay $965 million in damages after he falsely claimed the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
THE DAUGHTER of an infamous serial killer has revealed he sends her awful letters from prison – and even mocked her on her wedding day. Melissa Moore is one of The Happy Face Killer’s t…
‘Recycling needs to be superseded in some areas by more attractive reuse and refill business models,’ waste expert says…
