Category: Politics
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Chieftaincy title: ‘Soludo envies me’ – Ifeanyi Ubah’s response to suspension of Anambra monarch
By Ovat Abeng The senator representing Anambra South senatorial zone, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, has reacted to the suspension of the traditional ruler of Neni, a… Read More
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Labour vows schools would be ‘last to close and the first to open’ in another pandemic
Labour’s education spokesperson has attacked the government’s record on education during the Covid era, vowing that if the UK faced another pandemic under a Labour… Read More
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Ed Davey: Post Office misled me with ‘conspiracy of lies’
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said the Post Office lied to him on an “industrial scale” as he attempts to defend his role… Read More
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How much of a threat to Rishi Sunak are his ‘green Tory’ rebels?
Parliament is expected to vote today on the government’s flagship bill to guarantee oil and gas licensing rounds in the North Sea. The Offshore Petroleum… Read More
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Government must ‘admit’ things have got worse since 2010, says Conservative MP
A senior Conservative MP has suggested his party must admit things have gotten “worse” since it joined government in 2010. Danny Kruger, a Conservative backbencher,… Read More
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‘A total distraction’: Alok Sharma on ‘smoke and mirrors’ plan for more North Sea oil drilling
Sir Alok Sharma has said he will not vote for the government’s oil and gas bill, criticising it as “smoke and mirrors”. Sharma, who served… Read More
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Week-in-Review: How Rishi Sunak lost control of the election narrative
Incumbency advantage is a very real thing in UK politics. When asked to select who they want as prime minister — either the incumbent or… Read More
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Chris Skidmore to stand down as Conservative MP over ‘harmful’ oil and gas plans
Chris Skidmore has announced his intention to “stand down” as a Conservative MP over the government’s decision to expand oil and gas licences. Skidmore, who… Read More
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‘Votes-Weighted PR’ can win the argument for electoral reform — and heal our democracy
Democracy is in retreat globally, hastened by multiple dysfunctions. To reduce the UK’s own democratic deficit, support is growing for some kind of proportional representation… Read More
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Greg Clark: ‘How life-saving, bacteria-killing viruses can help combat antibiotic resistance’
The growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics threatens, according to the World Health Organisation, sending modern medicine back decades to an era “when even routine… Read More