Concerns spread across social media that a bill introduced by a member of a minority party in Canada’s House of Commons would silence any type of positive speech about the oil and gas industry. This is misleading; the legislation is meant to target advertising from fossil fuel producers and not opinion, and an expert said […]
Labour will act to block people not fit to be MPs, shadow defence secretary John Healey has pledged, as the party struggles to deal with an ongoing row about comments made by its candidates. He insisted the party practiced “due diligence” when picking its candidates to be MPs but added: “You can’t see everything, everywhere.” […]
Senegal’s government on Monday restricted access to the mobile internet as opposition leaders and supporters launched protests against President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone the February 25 presidential election over an electoral dispute. The mobile internet access in the capital Dakar and other parts of the country was cut as federal politicians were set to […]
The ruling Servant of the People faction in Ukraine’s Parliament is facing a “major crisis” as 17 members have submitted resignation letters, the LB.ua news outlet reported on Jan. 26, citing the faction’s leader David Arakhamia. “This means that we already have 401 people in parliament, and we will definitely let one more go for […]
Ukraine’s Security Service, in cooperation with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, has exposed a large-scale embezzlement scheme involving the state-owned Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company’s property. Source: Security Service of Ukraine on Telegram Details: According to the intelligence service, the culprits appropriated 32 barges of the merchant fleet of the enterprise […]
The 11 Conservative MPs who defied the prime minister over his Rwanda migrant plan last week are being called in by the government to explain themselves. The Tory backbenchers, including the former Home Secretary Suella Braverman and the former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, are expected to meet the government’s Chief Whip Simon Hart later. Mr […]
Dragan Stanojević, the head of Serbian office of the Drugaya Ukraina (Another Ukraine), an NGO founded by Viktor Medvedchuk, pro-Russian politician of Ukrainian descent, has rejected the demands by the Ukrainian embassy in Belgrade to ban the office of the movement due to violating the local law. Source: European Pravda with reference to Stanojević’s commentary […]
Rishi Sunak has succeeded in getting his key Rwanda bill through the House of Commons after a Tory rebellion failed to materialise. The bill, which aims to stop legal challenges against ministers’ plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, was approved by 320 votes to 276 votes. Dozens of Tories thought the bill was flawed […]
The bosses of the UK Post Office and Fujitsu and the former subpostmaster who has led the campaign for justice in the Horizon scandal are to be questioned by UK MPs on Tuesday. The UK’s House of Commons’ Business and Trade Committee will examine what more can be done to deliver compensation for victims of […]
Tory MPs have been told by the party’s elections guru to ignore dire polling aimed at “undermining this government” and warned that “divided parties fail”. Isaac Levido told a meeting on Monday of the 1922 committee of backbenchers that those behind the survey appeared to be “throwing in the towel” and more interested in the […]
Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure from Tory MPs over his Rwanda bill. Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has warned she will vote against it unless he accepts “improvements” to strengthen the legislation. More than 50 MPs on the right of the party, including Liz Truss, are now backing moves to toughen up the bill. […]
Milwaukee Public Schools leaders are asking voters to raise city property taxes to ultimately provide the district with up to $252 million in additional annual funding. Milwaukee School Board members voted Thursday to pose the question to voters with a referendum on the April 2 election ballot. They said the funding is necessary to maintain […]