A donkey is saddling up to accompany a parliamentary candidate on the road to Westminster this weekend.

Della Reynolds, the independent citizen candidate standing for accountability and hoping to reach out to the young and disengaged as part of her campaign.

The donkey is to demonstrate "the foolishness of voting for the party rather than the person and what they stand for".

It will be out with Ms Reynolds on Saturday in Esher High Street to join the 38 degree campaign at 11am, which is aiming to draw attention to the privatisation of the NHS.