
Rishi Sunak ventured to the East Midlands on Friday to campaign for Ben Bradley, the Conservative candidate hoping to head the northern English region. “There’s no one better to be your first mayor,” the prime minister told
Problem is, Bradley himself has avoided mention of either the governing Conservative Party or its embattled leader. And he’s not alone. As as they campaign in local elections set for May 2, prominent party candidates have been running social media ads actively distancing themselves from the Tory and Sunak brands, according to a Bloomberg News review of Facebook posts listed in Meta’s Ads Library.













