By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press Even in a busy year of elections around the world, the next few days stand out. Over the next week, voters go to the polls in fledgling democracies like Mauritania and Mongolia, the Islamic Republic of Iran and in stalwart democracies — former imperial powers — Britain and France. While...
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Rishi Sunak To Priti Patel: A look At Indian-Origin MPs In UK Parliament
In 2019, a record 15 Indian-origin politicians entered the lower house of the UK Parliament In what came as a major surprise to political observers, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on May 23 called snap elections. With just over a week to go for the all-important July 4 polls, all eyes are now on Mr...
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Global wave of elections could hit UK financial system, warns Bank of England
Uncertainty caused by a global wave of elections, starting this weekend in France, risks destabilising the UK’s financial system, the Bank of England has warned. Officials are concerned about the kind of policies that newly elected governments may enforce in large economies, including the US, where Donald Trump is vying for another term as president...
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Britain’s Rishi Sunak struggles with missteps while trying to lift Conservatives ahead of elections
LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has portrayed himself as thorough and evidence-led throughout his relatively brief political career, but there’s always been a nagging question over the keenness of his political antenna. The general election campaign over the past five weeks has clearly shown that he hasn’t got the instinctive touch of some...
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Britain elections: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash in testy final UK TV debate
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Wednesday in their last debate before an election next week, with both launching highly personal attacks over their and their parties’ credibility. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (L) and Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak attend a live TV...
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“Broken” Healthcare A Key Issue For UK Voters Ahead Of Elections
Low morale is leading professionals to leave the service or try to cut back on hours. London: Fatme Ibryanova, 36, will travel from Britain to Turkey next month, not to holiday but for a medical appointment about surgery she is struggling to get on the UK’s “broken” state-run health service. The NHS, created after World...
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UK’s Sunak and Starmer struggle to be heard as a noisy protest mars their final election debate
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer struggled to get their messages across in the first half of their fiery final televised debate of the U.K. election campaign on Wednesday as protesters drowned out their answers. The two politicians vying to become Britain’s leader after the July 4...
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South Korea is running out of children – and Britain could be next
For South Korea’s kindergarten teachers, the national dearth of children due is already painfully evident and impacting their career prospects. The country’s record-low birth rates are projected to cause the closure of roughly one-third of daycare centres and kindergartens by 2028, a report by the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education warned in January....
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Tory voters in UK turn to anti-immigration Reform party
By Sylvia Hui | Associated Press CLACTON-ON-SEA, England — Dorothy Carr is fed up with how things are run in her hometown. It’s impossible to get a doctor’s appointment through Britain’s state-run health care system. Local buses have been canceled. There isn’t enough public housing. Like many others in Clacton-on-Sea — a town on England’s...
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Armageddon is upon us, and Britain will never be the same again
Make the most of living in Conservative Britain: Armageddon is upon us. In a little over a week, the Tory government – that last, oh-so-imperfect, infuriatingly porous roadblock to Left-wing hegemony – will have been obliterated. The removal vans, symbols of regime change, will be on their way. Parliament, the last major institution in Britain...
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What an election betting scandal says about British politics and culture
LONDON — Beset by an almost unending run of bad luck and embarrassing scandal, the ruling Conservative Party in Britain — expected to lose the election next week, big time — has taken a loaded gun and pointed it at their foot. Again. At least five Conservative officials are being investigated by Britain’s gambling watchdog...
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Olympic Relay Analysis: Great Britain Favored in Men’s 800 Free, Americans in Pursuit (Composite Times Included)
Olympic Relay Analysis: Great Britain Favored in Men’s 800 Free, Americans in Pursuit The United States had never missed an Olympic relay podium until 2021, when the men’s 800 freestyle relay group faded out of contention and ended up fourth. But since then, a young group of 200 freestylers have built up international experience, winning...