Tag: UK
Weekly Politics Summary – 6/5/24: Palestine Protesters arrested
Violent Palestine Protesters arrested Between Tuesday and Thursday evening, violent Palestine protesters were arrested at notable US Colleges. Columbia University, the University of Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of Texas–Austin were the major sites of the arrest. Riot police were called to de-escalate the protests. Protesters at Columbia University had entered Hamilton Hall and occupied it as a protest.…
Sadiq Khan wins London Mayoral Election: Election Unwrapped
Labour’s Sadiq Khan has won his third term as Mayor of London after beating Conservative Opposition Susan Hall. YouGov Polling before Thursday 2nd of May suggested that Sadiq Khan would beat Susan Hall by 22%. Sadiq Khan won 11.1% and secured 1,088,285 votes, compared to Susan Hall’s 812,397 votes. Candidate Expected Actual Sadiq Khan 47%…
Conservative MP defects to Labour
MP Defects From Conservatives Former health minister and ex-conservative MP Daniel Poulter has moved to the Labour party. This comes after his open resentment towards the appalling management of the NHS by the Conservatives. He thinks that defecting to Labour will help him focus more thoroughly on improving conditions in the NHS. This was his…
Weekly Politics Summary – 26/4/24: Sunak raises Defence Budget
Sunak Celebrates as Rwanda Bill Passes On Monday the 22nd, the House of Lords passed the Rwanda bill, which will deport 2,200 illegal migrants to Rwanda. Previously, the bill was being sent back and forth between the Commons and the Lords. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has worked on this bill since his ascension to power in 2022, which was…
Rishi Sunak Declares Anti-Sick Note Campaign
Rishi Sunak has vowed to tackle the UK’s prevalent ‘sick note culture’. He claims it is heavily slowing productivity and driving down employment rates. He plans to strip GPs of the right to write off patients from work. What is Sick Note Culture? ‘Sick note culture’ refers to a workplace environment where employees frequently take…
Weekly Politics Summary – 19/4/24: Israel Strikes Iran
Take a Quiz about this article at: Israel Strikes Iran On the morning of Friday the 19th, Israel launched a retaliatory strike on Iranian Military targets within Iran and Iraq. Israel targeted a large Iranian Army base in the city of Isfahan with radar technologies. Further strikes took place on military targets around Tabriz. By disabling Iran’s radar…
