The Manic Collective Candidate

Callie Hall is loud, brash, and unapologetically Manic. As the drive-time host of Manic Radio Essex, she's built a career on big opinions and even bigger stunts. But when she announces her candidacy for Mayor of London-on a manifesto centred around banning Capital FM-things spiral into a whirlwind of viral chaos, legal battles, and political mayhem.

Armed with an eye-catching neon orange battle bus and the slogan "Manic's Better, Innit Babes," Callie's campaign is part satire, part vendetta, and entirely outrageous. Between dodging Global Media's legal team, clashing with establishment figures, and turning a disastrous classical music interview into meme gold, she soon finds herself the centre of a media storm.

As election day looms, Callie must decide: is this all just a publicity stunt, or does she actually have a shot at shaking up London's political and media landscape? Win or lose, one thing's for certain-this will be the most Manic election campaign London has ever seen.

A keen listener of British CHR radio, Thomas's love affair with radio came in the early 2000s, as a keen listener of Wolverhampton's Beacon FM. Now, 20 years later, still listening to radio as a preferred medium at Breakfast, Thomas, as a 30something, has started writing fiction set in the world of Manic Radio, a fictional radio station.