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Sep 03 2019
Headline Roundup
Pro-EU Conservatives Vote Against Johnson in Parliament
During a speech in Parliament on Tuesday, MP Phillip Lee defected from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party. Lee and Johnson are both Tories, yet Lee left the Conservative Party for the Liberal Democrats. Lee released his resignation letter addressed to Johnson via Twitter. The defection strips the Tories of their effective majority during a crucial time in relation to Brexit.
NPR (Online News) Daily Mail The GuardianNov 17 2020
Analysis
The Failure of Black Lives Matter
BLM's anti-police rallying cry was the dumbest, most self-destructive slogan in American politics in a very long time.
Black Lives Matter came up with the single most effective political slogan of the year.
While no one was likely to be overly impressed with Joe Biden’s line, “Build Back Better,” and Donald Trump’s “Keep America Great” or “Make America Great Again, Again” didn’t
Rich LowryMar 27 2019
News
May Aims to Put Her Deal to Third Vote This Week: Brexit Update
Theresa May aims to put her twice-defeated Brexit deal to another vote this week, amid signs some Brexit hardliners might be willing to back it. Parliament will vote on alternatives to May’s deal tonight. If they pick a softer Brexit with close ties to the bloc, it could end up pushing Brexiteers to support May’s compromise as the least-bad option.
Key Developments: May addresses the
BloombergDec 29 2020
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Controversial monument depicting Lincoln standing over a freed slave removed from the Back Bay
A controversial statue depicting Abraham Lincoln standing over a half-dressed, formerly enslaved man has been removed from its longtime location in Boston’s Back Bay, months after the city’s Art Commission voted to take it down amid a nationwide reckoning on racial justice.
On Tuesday morning, workers took the statue, “Emancipation Group,” from its perch in Park Square across the street
The Boston GlobeOct 04 2021
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Pandora Papers: A simple guide to the Pandora Papers leak
The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents that reveals hidden wealth, tax avoidance and, in some cases, money laundering by some of the world's rich and powerful.
More than 600 journalists in 117 countries have been trawling through the files from 14 sources for months, finding stories that are being published this week.
The data was obtained by the
BBC NewsMar 27 2019
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Brexit: MPs prepare for votes in bid to break deadlock
MPs are preparing to vote for their preferred Brexit option, with the PM due to meet Tory backbenchers in an effort to win them over to her deal.
Some have suggested Theresa May must name the date she will step down to have any hope of winning MPs' approval for her deal at the third attempt.
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said some leading Brexiteers were "tiptoeing their way"
BBC NewsSep 04 2019
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UK in Turmoil
“British lawmakers defeated Boris Johnson in parliament on Tuesday in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the EU without a divorce agreement, prompting the prime minister to announce that he would immediately push for a snap election.” (Reuters)
The left is critical of Johnson and worries that Britain is running out of palatable options.
“In an instant, the conflict
The Flip SideMay 24 2019
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UK set for new PM as Theresa May quits
Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister.
In an emotional statement, she said she had done her best to deliver Brexit and it was a matter of "deep regret" that she had been unable to do so.
Mrs May said she would continue to serve as PM while a Conservative leadership contest takes place.
BBC NewsMay 24 2019
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Theresa May announces she will resign on 7 June
Theresa May has bowed to intense pressure from her own party and named 7 June as the day she will step aside as Conservative leader, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership to a close.
Speaking in Downing Street, May said it had been “the honour of my life” to serve as Britain’s second female prime minister. Her voice breaking, she said she would leave “with no ill will, but with
The Guardian