Voters in the home counties will “regret it for a long time” if they do not back the Liberal Democrats and wake up to a Reform-led council, Ed Davey has said. The Lib Dems leader has identified five councils – East Surrey, West Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex and Huntingdonshire – where his party could win…
If I were living in Wales, next week I would vote Welsh nationalist, for Plaid Cymru. But I would do so for what its leader claims to support but doesn’t talk about enough: independence. Wales is where I have spent a fifth of each year for almost all of my life. Its natural beauty, the…
Local elections are one of the few ways for Palestinians to exercise their democratic rights. But this weekend’s vote appears to have diluted that. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list No ballots were cast in Ramallah and Nablus because there weren’t enough candidates. Turnout was 25 percent in Deir el-Balah, the only area…
In letters to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and all members of Parliament from the Toronto area, Cardinal Frank Leo asked that they “choose life and not death” and build a civilization that cares when voting on the Right to Recover Act. The measure, Bill C-218, proposes to amend Canada’s criminal code to permanently prohibit…
The Senate late Wednesday moved toward adopting a Republican budget blueprint that would pave the way for a $70 billion increase for immigration enforcement and the eventual reopening of the Department of Homeland Security. But first, senators waded through an overnight marathon of rapid-fire votes, known as a vote-a-rama, that put the two parties’ dueling…
House Republicans had big plans for Earth Day this year: They would pass a bill to narrow protections for endangered species that they had long seen as federal overreach. It didn’t work out that way. On Wednesday afternoon, Republican leaders suddenly canceled a vote on the measure after an initial procedural vote showed shaky support…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email House Democrats and progressive activists are fuming over the deal a handful of breakaway Senate Democrats brokered with Republicans to end the government…
Shorouk Express Record-breaking early voting could reshape New York City’s election outcome Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Nearly 1.5 million people had cast their ballots in New York City’s mayoral…
Shorouk Express Major lenders joins the cash offer war in bid to win your current account Lloyds, Natwest, Nationwide. All three have launched cash switch offers in the past few days, which means they will give you money if you move your current account to them. The amounts are slightly different and so too are…
Shorouk Express “If the question is: Do we have confidence in this government? The answer is no, we don’t,” said Le Pen after meeting with Bayrou Tuesday. Le Pen promised in July to stand in any new elections despite her legal troubles. A National Rally official, who like others quoted in this piece was granted…
