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Mark Morrison abandons bid to become mayor of Leicester

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Singer Mark Morrison has said that he is abandoning plans to run as the next mayor of Leicester adding that “it feels my home town doesn’t want my help”.

Current mayor Peter Soulsby expressed surprise at the decision, though mainly because he didn’t realise that Morrison was running against him.Morrison – who is best known for his 1996 single ‘Return Of The Mack’ – first expressed an interest in standing in the 2023 mayoral election back in 2020, following a dispute with Soulsby over the building of a recording studio.The musician had opened up a temporary recording space in his home, offering free sessions to 100 young musicians, and saying that he hoped that the initiative would reduce knife crime and gang violence in Leicester.

He then asked the local council to fund the building of a permanent studio in order to expand the project.A Zoom meeting was organised to discuss the matter, but both Morrison and Soulsby later claimed that the other had failed to join the call.

After this, the musician said that Soulsby – who has been mayor of the city since 2011 – “needs to come out of office” and that he could be the man to unseat him.But, two years later, Morrison has said that he will no longer wants to be mayor of, or even live in Leicester, with plans to relocate to the US.He tells the BBC: “I can no longer shrink myself to fit a place I’ve outgrown.

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