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Crucially, he said the ineligibility should kick in straightaway, and not be suspended pending appeal.

Crucially, he said the ineligibility should kick in straightaway – and not be suspended pending the appeal that Marine Le Pen is expected to file if convicted.

"It didn't just come to me straightaway," Hampson said of plans for his foundation and the centre.

Lisa, who owns a business in Hassocks, said the changes "should have been better thought through" and phased in "not to apply straightaway to those already in the private sector".

If no one wins a majority straightaway, an instant runoff will occur.