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In the process I learnt some valuable lessons in extreme bussing: Always have “fall back” buses scheduled a little later, in case you miss your connection. Never look at your phone when waiting for a bus. …Because you…
Read moreLabour-curious students were eager to talk about the Scottish leadership election and the intricacies of the Burnham bounce. Four months on from an historic election defeat for Labour in Scotland which saw the party…
Read more"Those who rely on their cars every day are reaching their financial limits. ... The relief package of €2.5 billion is no small sum in times of strained budgets," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said. The tax discount…
Read moreSomething that lifts our standing in the polls with the same gravity-defying ease as we’ve seen Reform and the Greens achieve. But I’m afraid there is no single magic phrase or policy position that will do that. (Nor, by…
Read moreMarra, a regional MSP for North East Scotland, defeated rival candidate Joe Fagan in a ballot of Scottish Labour members, winning 4,266 votes (63 percent) to Fagan’s 2,485 votes (37 percent).’ Turnout was 6,751. He…
Read moreThey oversee dozens of working groups of NATO military staff, and broker consensus on formulating military advice. The position is a “highly complex role,” said Eleonora Russell, the spokesperson of former chair Adm. Rob…
Read moreShe has no entitlement to his pension. The armed forces pension scheme was changed to recognise cohabitation in 2003, but her partner served before then. She has found it impossible to wind up his company and receive her…
Read moreHe is engaged in an all-out trade war with America’s closest neighbour and ally. He is threatening to take control of the territory of another ally. His tariffs have destabilised the world trading system. His repeated…
Read moreThe donations are the largest received by a UK political party since declarations became required in 2001 and led to warnings Farage was aiming to "buy" his way to power, with a row still raging over whether they are…
Read moreHinter den Kulissen in der Union brodelt derweil weiter die Kanzlertausch-Frage. Also geht es bei den beiden im Gespräch auch darum, wie zum Beispiel ein CSU-Kanzlernachfolger ein beispielloses Stühlerücken im Kabinett…
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