The founder of a publicly subsidized community café who wrote an open letter attacking Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has close ties to senior figures in Britain's governing Labour Party—including Greater Manchester Mayor and Makerfield by-election (special election) candidate Andy Burnham, who personally amplified her complaint on social media.
The founder of a publicly subsidized community café who wrote an open letter attacking Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has close ties to senior figures in Britain’s governing Labour Party—including Greater Manchester Mayor and Makerfield by-election (special election) candidate Andy Burnham, who personally amplified her complaint on social media . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Gemma Crompton, Founder and Director of The Hamlet Wigan CIC, wrote an open letter to Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader visited her premises earlier this week. Farage visited the community café while campaigning in Makerfield, a parliamentary seat his party is vying to take from Labour. The Labour candidate, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, hopes to…Open
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting is reportedly on the cusp of resigning from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's government and challenging him for the leadership of the country's governing Labour Party.
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting is reportedly on the cusp of resigning from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government and challenging him for the leadership of the country’s governing Labour Party. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: British Health Secretary Wes Streeting held a brief meeting with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at his official residence in London on Wednesday morning, as dozens of lawmakers from the governing Labour Party are urging the premier to resign. Following heavy losses in English, Scottish, and Welsh local and regional elections last week, Starmer’s premiership is in jeopardy, with many detractors looking to Streeting to mount a leadership challenge. DETAIL: The BBC and other British media outlets…Open
Three government ministers have resigned from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's government, as a wave of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Britain's governing Labour Party demand he steps down.
Three government ministers have resigned from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government, as a wave of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Britain’s governing Labour Party demand he steps down. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Three government ministers have resigned from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government, as a growing number of lawmakers from Britain’s ruling Labour Party call for him to step down following heavy losses in local and regional elections last week. KEY QUOTE: “I cannot keep waiting around for a crisis to push for faster progress.” – Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, in her resignation letter. DETAIL: Throughout Monday, dozens of Labour MPs called on Starmer to resign, including several…Open
To make Moscow less threatening, the West should threaten Moscow less. The post No, Russia Isn’t Finished appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs No, Russia Isn’t Finished To make Moscow less threatening, the West should threaten Moscow less. If you were exclusively on a mainstream Western media diet in recent weeks, you’d be excused for thinking that the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime now lies on its deathbed. Signs of “public discontent” are all over the place, you see. Silicon-lipped beauty blogger Viktoria Bonya attacked the government on YouTube. So did the notorious Kremlin propagandist Ilya Remeslo, fresh from a stint at a psychiatric ward. Meanwhile, the former defense minister Sergey Shoygu might be plotting a coup, according to CNN.…Open
Guy Goma thought he was interviewing for an I.T. job when he found himself on air on the BBC. What came next was familiar to anyone who has been unprepared at work.
The probe was sparked by reporting from the BBC which found individuals and organizations coach migrants on how to file false claims to avoid losing their legal status.