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Bulgarians on Sunday elected incumbent Preisent Iliana Iotova, a proponent of dialogue with Moscow, in a runoff race pitting her against Andrey Gyurov, a former caretaker prime minister backed by the…
Read moreDonald Trump uttered five words this summer that could seal the Republican party’s fate: ‘Pretend I’m on the ticket’
Read moreThe problems run deep in South Africa’s largest city. Will voters punish the ANC in next week’s local elections?
Read moreA public spat has cast Democratic tensions in the spotlight as the close US Senate race draws to a head
Read moreWe need policies that stop treating property as a store of wealth and that allow people to move home cheaply John Healey’s critics on the right and left accused him of dodging the big questions in his first budget. The chancellor failed to announce reforms that might tackle some of Britain’s chronic problems, they say. Healey’s scatter-gun budget, as the Resolution Foundation called it, was more about politics than economics, and unapologetically so. Continue reading...
Read moreFor Westminster’s special budget edition of the series, politicians have played to their strengths. Bombast, duplicity, distrust: it’s all second nature You join us on a steam train in Scotland as we head to the next episode of the BBC’s hit show Political Traitors. It’s like the celebrity edition, except that everyone is less comely – politics being the practice of show business for ugly people. For this week’s task, the players have to construct a “budget” of tiny crowd-pleasing measures, carefully balanced by invisible tax rises. What makes the show so compelling is that the players don’t k
Read moreBBC Verify goes to an election centre to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots for the US midterm elections are processed.
Read moreThere is always debate about the concept’s necessity and efficacy. But with nativists in their pomp, it’s good to focus on who we are and why What forces shaped four generations of Black Britons? | The panel Pity Black History Month UK, assailed on all sides. Those on the right seek to end the celebration on the basis that it amounts to special treatment for a group that doesn’t deserve it. History should be colour-blind: society should not differentiate, they say. We are not racist, we just want fairness. But often, they are – and they really don’t. On the other side of the argument are the p
Read moreA century-old paper mill in Témiscaming, Quebec is indefinitely closed after the US imposed 50% tariffs on its products, putting hundreds out of work.
Read moreFrom Alaska to Texas, candidates with an eye on Congress are using their personal style to stand out.
Read moreThe prime minister has categorically ruled out an early general election, but it has not stopped speculation at Westminster.
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