Julian Assange is a Commonwealth citizen who is not serving a term of imprisonment in the United Kingdom or in the Republic of Ireland.
As such, he is eligible to contest the Wakefield by-election.
"Exonerated" (His Honour Judge Nathan Adams, Durham Crown Court, 8 May 2025). Two-time political prisoner. Beaten up in prison, so I fear only God. Activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach".
This would be the most famous by-election victory of all time.
ReplyDeleteEast of the Irish Sea, at least.
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