Madison Warner stands next to her father, Mark Warner, as Vice President Joe Biden prepares to administer the oath of office to Warner in 2015.
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Despite his explanation and the need for political stability, the PM is still unpopular – and Olly Robbins has yet to give his side of the story Labour MPs frustrated with the lack of a clear mission from Keir Starmer’s No 10 have often urged the prime minister to be more forceful in his arguments, to prosecute his values, to find an enemy to define himself against. The prime minister has found one: Olly Robbins. Starmer prosecuted his case against the former Foreign Office chief on Monday with
Downing Street takes unusual step of releasing document ahead of PM’s Commons showdown over Mandelson scandal Judgment day for PM over Mandelson scandal Good morning. There are occasions when a prime minister wakes up knowing that how they perform in the Commons that day will decide whether or not they keep their job – but they are very, very rare. The best example in modern times is Margaret Thatcher on the day of the Westland debate, when she told staff she would still be in post that evening.
PM sets out chronology of Mandelson’s vetting failure – and insists he has not misled MPs UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has laid out a detailed timeline of events leading up to Peter Mandelson being refused security vetting and how the message was not passed to No 10. Here’s what his statement did tell us – and what it was more vague on. Continue reading...
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Antisemitism has been rising in years since 7 October attacks, including recent arson attacks at Jewish sites British Jews feel under siege and worried about their children displaying religious symbols in public, community leaders have said. There have been a series of attempted arson attacks at Jewish sites over the past week, including incidents at two synagogues in London and one at a building used by the charity Jewish Futures. Four Jewish community ambulances were also set on fire in north
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated $2bn a week cost of conflict comes amid dramtic cuts to aid budget The $2bn (£1.5bn) a week that Donald Trump was spending on his reckless war in Iran could have funded saving more than 87 million lives, the head of the UN’s humanitarian agency, Tom Fletcher, said on Monday. He also warned the normalisation of violent language, such as threatening to bomb Iran back to the stone ages , was very dangerous since it encourages every wannabe autocrat to use
NPR News · Oct 8
Sold by Patricia McCormick, The Perks of Being a Wallflowe r by Stephen Chbosky and Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir .'/> The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at libraries across the country – the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color. (Image credit: American Library Association)
