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“Speaking at a conference for the Medical Journalists’ Association on 17 June, the government’s independent maternity advisor, Michelle Welsh MP, explained...”
“Four Republican Losers”
“If we took just half of what we spent on wars, prisons, and policing and spent it on education, health care, and jobs, we could make prisons obsolete.”
“Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Sanderson said the council was "pulling together some officer time to start building a proper business case" to ask the government to reconsider.”
“He wants this through second reading before we go home. He does not want to come back in September and watch the Conservatives turn the whole summer into a privacy-and-surveillance attack ad.”
““You can be involved in the death of a baby …,” Jack Hawkins told the BBC’s Today programme this morning (24 June).”
“the war may have already cost about $40 billion, according to the D.C.-based thinktank Center for Strategic and International Studies.”
“all three of the far-left insurgent candidates he endorsed in the city’s congressional primaries defeated opponents—including two incumbents—championed by party leaders.”
“If the government holds the floor for the rest of the week, MPs will sit until 10pm Thursday on extended hours, with a vote on second reading expected around 8pm.”
“from the moment he left Westminster in 2017”
“The resolution—which passed 50-48 thanks to GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul of Kentucky breaking ranks and joining all Democrats except for Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsyl…”
“Within minutes of the polls closing, Mamdani acolyte Brad Lander was declared the winner in his challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman in the city’s 10th district.”
“Senate sources say the upper chamber is prepared to take up the bill in the autumn rather than rush it through before the recess.”
“Andy was the first person to proactively criticise Keir and tilt for the leadership when things were difficult in 2021”
“Two Republican Senators, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania, missed the vote.”
“In Brooklyn, Assemblywoman Claire Valdez—like Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist—triumphed over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to claim the seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Nydia Velazquez.”
“MPs will sit until 10pm Thursday on extended hours, with a vote on second reading expected around 8pm”
“Starmer’s team were jittery about a possible coup as soon as his popularity began to falter in 2025”
“Trump claims that his war on Iran doesn’t need congressional approval because a cease-fire that took effect on April 8 effectively ended it.”
“And in a stunning upset in northern Manhattan, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Democratic Socialist with unusually controversial leftist views, even for New York City, defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a longtime establishment warhorse.”
“The upper chamber is prepared to take up the bill in the autumn rather than rush it through before the recess”
“The plan became serious in March 2026”
“The terms of the two countries’ “memorandum of understanding” included waiving sanctions on Iranian oil and working toward setting up a $300 billion fund to rebuild Iran.”
“In New York’s 12th district, Assemblyman Micah Lasher beat back more liberal opponents, including Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg.”
“By the time Burnham’s victory in Makerfield was declared in the early hours of Friday 19 June”
“Tuesday’s Senate vote marks the first time both legislative chambers have passed a concurrent resolution to limit Trump’s Iran war powers.”
“And in the Bronx, Rep. Ritchie Torres, a staunch supporter of Israel, handily defeated a challenge from Michael Blake.”
“those who had been considering resigning on Monday 22 June”
“Trump claims that his war on Iran doesn’t need congressional approval because a cease‑fire that took effect on April 8 effectively ended it.”
“saying "Now is the time of monsters," a quote by a Marxist philosopher, to describe the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.”
“At 4.30pm”
“working toward setting up a $300 billion fund to rebuild Iran.”
“The timetable set out by Starmer leaves Burnham only three weeks to becomes PM”
“The resolution—which passed 50-48 thanks to GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Rand Paul of Kentucky breaking ranks and joining all Democrats except for Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylv…”
“privately, they make clear that they saw the ideal time to take power as September”
“The Senate adopted the resolution that the House passed earlier this month.”
“first 100 days in office”
“All three candidates that had New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s backing won Tuesday’s Democratic congressional primaries for the U.S. House”
“Ed’s 2015 manifesto”
“won two‑thirds of the vote in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th District”
“especially the 2024 intake”
“the DSA has a higher net favorability among Democratic voters than Democrats in Congress by 13 points, according to a poll highlighted by CNN”
“He has just left a three-week challenge”
“Gallup polling from September found that 66% of Democrats—up from 50% in 2010—view socialism more positively than capitalism.”
“This article appears in the 25 Jun 2026 issue”
“All three candidates that had New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s backing won Tuesday’s Democratic congressional primaries for the U.S. House, marking a victory for the democratic socialist movement over the party establishment.”
“Murman Seafood, a Russian fishing company sanctioned by the EU in 2025 over alleged involvement in activities related to maritime monitoring, operates ships designed by Petrobalt.”
“Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander won two-thirds of the vote in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th District, defeating two-term Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman.”
“40 years of being on the wrong path”
“The 36-year-old, who moved to New York City in 2015, ran a campaign centered on “Medicare for All,” public housing, and labor issues...”
“In his masterful history Britain Since 1918, he showed how four traditions have laced through all the major parties since the 19th century.”
“Darializa Avila Chevalier, a 32-year-old community organizer, narrowly won New York’s 13th District against five-term incumbent Adriano Espaillat.”
“the constituency that saw 75 per cent turnouts in the 1980s”
“Espaillat, also the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, had the backing of top Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The 71-year-old was the first Dominican-American to be elected to Congress...”
“a 73 per cent majority for Labour in 1997”
“The three districts were among those where Mamdani performed best in the November mayoral election, when he defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had the backing of top establishment Democrats.”
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“New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a primary-night watch party for Democratic Congressional candidate Claire Valdez in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on June 23, 2026.”
“as he put it last month, “40 years of being on the wrong path””
“Two of Mamdani’s endorsees—Lander and Avila Chevalier—unseated Democratic incumbents, including the powerful chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.”
“all adds up to 40 years of neoliberalism”
“only five lawmakers voting against the legislation.”
“It won’t take more than three months”
“Ten other Senators did not vote.”
“he showed how four traditions have laced through all the major parties since the 19th century”
“The House passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in a 358-32 vote on Tuesday after the Senate approved the measure 85-5 a day earlier.”
“Two of these, … have now clearly bitten the dust. Two remain”
“Among a host of over 50 provisions”
“First, Attlee’s 1945 revolution. … Second, Thatcher’s of 1979.”
“In a Fox News poll that closed June 1, Husted was trailing Brown by eight points.”
“the 300-mile border between Northern Ireland and the Republic”
“In that same poll, a remarkable 57% of Ohioans carry an unfavorable view of the President.”
“the Good Friday Agreement in 1998”
“Trump had a 52-46% positive rating in 2024, when he won the White House.”
“the 2010 bailout”
“Schumer has seen his unfavorables jump from 52% at the start of Trump’s second term, to 68% earlier this year.”
“300-mile border between Northern Ireland and the Republic”
“Republicans over the last 20 years—with the help of demographics and redistricting commissions—moved the state from a 10-8 Democratic split in 2009 when Obama moved into the White House to the current 10-5 GOP advantage.”
“only 38.”
“Population loss in Ohio and growth in other states accounts for the loss of three House districts.”
“At 6 ‘4””
“the 73-year-old Brown doesn’t have to spend a lot of time introducing himself to the state’s voters.”
“Good Friday Agreement in 1998.”
“Brown already represented Ohio for almost two decades in the U.S. Senate, and notched more than 30 years in Ohio politics before that.”
“In 2017 Varadkar walked into the consciousness of Great Britain”
“the U.K. this month announced plans to start one in 2027.”
“in 2017 – by a Taoiseach with a confusing, foreign name – of Ireland’s quiet revolution”
“Nearly 40 other countries are currently considering similar legislation.”
“last Thursday (18 June)”
“who in March called for all governments to ban social media for kids under 16 in an op‑ed for TIME.”
“75 per cent turnouts in the 1980s”
“Alan Greenspan makes a keynote speech at the G7 as Chairman of the U.S. Fed in London on February 4, 2005.”
“73 per cent majority for Labour in 1997”
“came into effect at the start of 2026”
“40 years of neoliberalism”
“Attlee’s 1945 revolution”
“Thatcher’s of 1979”
“After 1945 millions of houses were built”
“three fundamental questions”
“three months”
