But then Mr O'Malley unprecedentedly won the public support of some of the city's top black leaders.

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After Oliver's campaign won huge public support, the government banned junk food from school canteens and vending machines, and in 2006 rules to make food healthier were introduced in English schools.

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The ruling center-right party of Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, which won parliamentary elections in 2009, has been steadily losing public support in the wake of the country's worst economic downturn in a decade.

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