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British Local Elections On the 2nd of May, many Britons went to the ballot box to place their local election vote. The ruling Conservative party (Tories) lost major ground, the opposition won seats held by the Tories for decades. Labour gained large headway taking control of nearly 10 councils out
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Europe is changing, new world dynamics has left the continent behind in several vital aspects for the future. Wages are low, when compared with the United States, which is contributing to a brain-drain. European start-ups have a tuff time competing on the international stage as they struggle to find the
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Arizona and Abortion The Arizona state House of Representatives has voted to overturn the state's Supreme Court decision that an 1864 abortion ban was enactable. Creating the possibility of a repeal. It took 2 attempts for the GOP to bring forth the proposal last week. The Democrats rallied
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South Africa is roughly 1 month away from its general election, set for the 29th of May. The ruling ANC, African National Congress, once headed by Nelson Mandela is facing one of its steepest challenges yet. The ANC is a centre-left party. South Africa has witnessed continued economic suffering. Inequality
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Croatia Legislative Election EU member Croatia has held its legislative election, to the Sabor (parliament), and the result is not shocking. Slight redistribution of seats. The ruling HDZ, a centre-right party and member of the EPP in the EU parliament, lost a few seats, however, retained their resounding lead over
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London is set for a mayoral election on the 2nd of May, incumbent Sadiq Khan is vying for yet another 4 years at the city's top job. Mr Khan has been the Mayor of London since 2016 and has proved popular, successfully fending off Conservative challengers with good
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Trump Protects Speaker Johnson Former President Donald J. Trump has stated his support for House Speaker Mike Johnson amid turmoil. Republican Representative Majorie Taylor Greene has created a motion to oust the speaker. Mr Johnson has been a longstanding ally and supporter of Mr Trump (so has Majorie Taylor Greene)
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The world's most populous country and largest democracy India is holding its legislative general election later this month, an endeavor planned to take over 10 days of voting in different parts of the nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a parliamentarian for the right-wing and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata
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Sadiq Khan Rules Out Bolstering Ulez London Mayor Sadiq Khan had vowed to not expand the highly contentious ultra-low emissions zone (Ulez) initiative, set at tackling car air pollution. A bid to attract voters that might be alienated without a clarification. The London Mayor stated in a letter to the
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With President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump set for a 2024 rematch we've looked at polls, past presidential election results from 1980 and onwards alongside other elections such as primaries, senatorial and house elections to predict the result. Since last month President Biden and former President
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Biden NYC Fundraiser Makes History Moving closer toward the presidential election in November it has become abundantly clear that this race is tight and anyone's bet, independents seem to think so at least. The main contenders, President Biden and former President Trump, are head to head in most
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Moving closer to the European parliamentary election, more campaigning will be conducted in all EU member states alongside the UK (which has a general election due sometime within the next year). Campaigning influences the electorate, and sharper changes should be expected from polls, however, most nations seem to have stabilised