This Week in Politics
Blast from the Corbyn Past: Division within the Labour party Shine through
UK Labour Party leader Keir Stamer has been asked to resign by the Labour leaders of two councils, as the people calling for his resignation don’t hold much sway or power within the party nothing is likely to come of it. But, it does show that there are questions that the Labour Party have deeply differing opinions (in this case Mr Stamer not manifesting a ceasefire between Israel-Hamas), a blast from the Jeremy Corbyn past (a smudge Mr Stamer has been trying to get rid of for a long time). The Labour Party’s overwhelming efforts to look unified in front of the electorate have helped the party climb the polls significantly, one slip-up even if it is small will be exploited by the Conservatives and amplified in an attempt to question Labour’s readiness for governing. If Labour wants to win the coming UK general election it is clear more efforts have to be placed into keeping members in line, a return to the chaotic years of the past would hurt the party a lot in the polls.
Republicans Move to Send Aid to Israel
The new speaker Mike Johnson has successfully passed a bill in the House that would divert $14.5bn from the IRS, the money would go as aid to Israel. The Democratic party is staunchly opposed to the bill due to its cuts of aid to Ukraine, with President Joe Biden vowing to veto the bill. Furthermore, the Democratic-controlled Senate is unlikely to pass the bill. Mr Biden has proposed an alternative $106bn to aid Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, much more likely to pass because of the division within the Republican party and the slim majority they have in the House.
New Zealand Elections Finalised – The Original Winner isn’t Happy
Christopeher Luxon, the incoming Prime Minister and leader of the centre-right party National must negotiate and eventually form a coalition with the libertarian ACT and populist NZ first. That’s the verdict from New Zealand’s finalised election results, Mr Luxon said the results were expected and that negotiations between the parties had already started. The preliminary results gave National 2 more seats and its coalition partners remained at their original 11 for ACT and 8 for NZ first. National lost one of its preliminary seats to the Te Pati Māori party by only 4 votes, National is vying for a recount in the seat though it wouldn’t suppress the need for help from NZ first. NZ first will receive more influence then they have before due to their seats being vital for a National government, last election NZ first received 0 seats the party has been in and out of parliament multiple times.
