Overview
- Shahid Butt said Osbourne is welcome to stand against him and claimed “she won’t beat me,” while acknowledging a “dodgy past” and expressing agreement with some Reform policies.
- Butt is running as an independent in Sparkhill for May’s all‑out council elections; he was convicted in Yemen in 1999 but maintains the case was fabricated and says he was tortured into confessing.
- Birmingham’s Local Conservatives, led by Councillor Robert Alden, issued an open letter inviting Osbourne to join their campaign to “balance the books” and “clean up” the council.
- Osbourne wrote on Instagram that she was serious about moving to Birmingham to put her name on the council ballot, and the original post was later removed after drawing thousands of likes.
- She also told Billboard at the Grammys that she is seriously thinking about running for mayor of Birmingham, and she would need to meet year‑long residency or workplace and voter registration requirements to stand.