15,050 source-backed politics facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 95 of 151.
“late 1980s and '90s”
“In the early days, I used to phone my little boy and tell him to put the Parliament channel on because I was voting in five minutes and I’d promise to wave to him. So, I used to walk through the Commons and stop by the double doors and sta…”
“In his 2024 book, Head North, Andy Burnham asks the reader to "imagine a rambling stately home" with a "rickety old electricity system".”
“issued by Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Saturday, June 27”
“a 2009 amendment, backed by 77% of Texas voters protecting public beach access”
“According to a Washington Post account, Vins gave Reagan "a copy of the tiny copies of the Bible that prisoners were able to hide from their guards in Soviet labor camps."”
“There are a few events that I have missed because I was at Parliament or on some ministerial duty. Jimmy was in a play last year that I couldn’t get back for. And, when I was running for the leadership of the party, I remember I had to lea…”
“And then there are two smaller bedrooms where the lights are "much dimmer".”
“Tons of people—but not just sitting on the grass… it’s hot outside! That’s only a ‘partial’ view.”
“In February, Starbase officials voted to annex 7,133 additional acres near the beach”
“Pipes led a "Team B" analysis in 1976 devoted to Soviet motivation”
“Over 2,000 people have submitted objections to the hyperscale data centre in Larbert, with residents raising concerns such as air pollution, noise and impacts on the grid.”
“If we don't do something like this, "the North-South divide will only widen in the decades ahead."”
“There were thousands of people there and all around DC today, Adam. Why do you wish it was empty? That seems odd...”
“In July 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to use “federally owned land and resources for the expeditious and orderly development of data centers,””
“and eventually summarized in a 1977 Commentary article, "Why the Soviet Union Thinks It Could Fight and Win a Nuclear War."”
“That has to be based on respect, which is why I have genuinely offered a constructive relationship with him, as I did with Keir Starmer.”
“Trump and his allies have insisted turnout has been strong, with the president claiming as many as 45,000 people attended the kickoff rally on Wednesday night.”
“never reaching the constitutional question of whether a 2009 amendment, backed by 77% of Texas voters protecting public beach access, outweighed a 2013 law written specifically for SpaceX.”
“He also served on the National Security Council staff in 1981 and '82”
“try to achieve the third round”
“The North Carolina booth was counting 880 people an hour coming through their booth. Unless they have the same 880 people lined up going around, there are thousands of people here, he said.”
“drafting National Security Decision Directive 75 on "U.S. Relations with the USSR."”
“fight for the 90 minutes”
“Several Democratic-led states declined to send official delegations, prompting criticism from the White House, which has billed the event as a bipartisan celebration marking the nation’s 250th anniversary.”
“The lunch he organized for President Reagan on May 11, 1982, with critics of the Soviet regime...”
“staring at a possible place in the last 16.”
“North Carolina Governor Josh Stein criticized organizers after a Confederate flag was displayed in the state’s exhibition booth, calling for its removal.”
“They have welcomed proposals to introduce restrictions on social media use for under‑16s”
“The White House later said the flag had been taken down after it was brought to officials’ attention.”
“County Hall has been Durham County Council's headquarters since 1963”
“anyone questioning the attendance numbers of President Donald Trump’s “Great American State Fair” is “anti-American,” insisting that “there were thousands of people” at the event.”
“For more than 60 years, County Hall has served as the home of Durham County Council.”
“The North Carolina booth was counting 880 people an hour coming through their booth.”
“more than 100 ex-employees, councillors and members of the public felt moved enough at the prospect of its demise to attend an exhibition celebrating its history.”
“Unless they have the same 880 people lined up going around, there are thousands of people here”
“Helen Moss began working at County Hall in the 1980s”
“Several Democratic-led states declined to send official delegations, prompting criticism from the White House”
“The eight-storey high T-shaped County Hall at Aykley Heads has been Durham County Council's seat of power since 1963.”
“The Democratic Socialists of America count two current members in the House”
“At its peak some 1,800 people worked in the building”
“Three more candidates aligned with the group won Democratic primaries this spring in heavily Democratic districts, putting them on a clear path to Washington next year and the total at five”
“with more than 3,000 pieces repurposed so far, including 992 chairs, 357 desks, 60 coat racks and 24 fridges.”
“Valdez and Avila Chevalier prevailed on June 23 as part of a slate backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani”
“The council chamber has seats for 132 councillors”
“Avila Chevalier defeated Representative Adriano Espaillat, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and is projected to become the first Dominican American woman elected to Congress”
“Inside the 70ft (21m)-wide, 250-person capacity hexagonal chamber, the 28ft (8.5m)-high walls caked in walnut”
“Valdez won an open seat being vacated by retiring Representative Nydia Velázquez”
“Andrew Husband, who has led the authority since Reform took control in the 2025 election”
“There are currently two DSA members in Congress, and this cycle's primary wins alone are on track to roughly double that, with more contested races still ahead before November”
“Council chief executive John Hewitt first visited County Hall in 1992”
“A bloc of five would surpass the movement's modern peak”
“Amanda Hopgood, a councillor since 2005 and the authority's first female leader in 2021”
“Four organization members served together in 2021, when Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib were joined by Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York”
“Speaking to the throng, Andrew Husband, who has led the authority since Reform took control in the 2025 election, says...”
“Both Bush and Bowman lost reelection in 2024, dropping the count back to two”
“Amanda Hopgood became Durham's first female leader in 2021.”
“whose primary is scheduled for June 30”
“The work, which involves lowering the weir to reduce the volume of water and remodelling the downstream slope of the dam to increase its stability, is due to be completed by the end of November.”
“on August 18 against Florida Representative Jared Moskowitz”
“The Department for Work and Pensions has said most foreign nationals can claim UC only at the point of settlement, usually after five years' residency, but there are exceptions, such as for victims of modern slavery.”
“a comeback bid by former Representative Cori Bush to reclaim her St. Louis seat in August”
“Iga Bontoft came to Britain from her native Poland 15 years ago”
“Positive views of capitalism fell to 54 percent in a Gallup survey conducted last August, the lowest reading since the firm began tracking the question in 2010 and down from 60 percent in 2021”
“More than three quarters (75.6%) of voters in Boston chose to cut ties with Brussels in the Brexit vote on 23 June 2016.”
“the lowest reading since the firm began tracking the question in 2010”
“In 2017, the town was given £1.4m to deal with issues including antisocial behaviour, rogue landlords and the provision of English lessons.”
“down from 60 percent in 2021”
“Data released in May 2026 showed 8.3 million people received universal credit (UC) in February that year, 84.52% of whom were British and Irish nationals.”
“Views of socialism, by contrast, have barely moved in 15 years, with 39 percent of Americans viewing it positively and 57 percent negatively”
“More than a million claimants were born overseas, including nearly 750,000 EU citizens who arrived in the UK before Brexit and have the right to live and work in the UK.”
“Two-thirds viewed socialism favorably in the Gallup poll”
“which allow people to come for up to six months.”
“A Marquette Law School survey in May found 38 percent of Democrats viewed socialism favorably”
“usually after five years' residency”
“an I&I/TIPP poll the same month put socialism's favorability nationally at 33 percent against 44 percent unfavorable”
“Gediminas Vasiliauskas, who came to Boston from Lithuania in 2008, and Nathan Baldwin, who was 'born and bred' in the town, have become friends.”
“By his calculation, the New York seats that flipped this week backed former Vice President Kamala Harris by an average of 36 points in 2024”
“Baldwin, 38, says the referendum came 'too late' and nothing has changed.”
“average a Trump margin of about 8 points”
“Eighteen years I've been here and no benefits.”
“For the last 40 years, we've had a 70 percent increase in productivity per hour”
“Fedkowicz arrived from Poland in 2013 and was joined by his wife and two children.”
“and only a 12 percent increase in wages”
“Mark 'Billy' Billingham, a town centre hairdresser and barber, has been in Boston for nearly 12 years after training in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.”
“finished a distant third in the June 2 primary for retiring Representative Nancy Pelosi's seat, drawing about 15 percent”
“We are pleased the works to replace the flood damaged bridge can now begin and we understand the bridge has been missed since it was damaged.”
“Three new riverside communities could be created in Rotherham as part of wider plans to regenerate the town centre.”
“Three of the locations - Westgate, Sheffield Road and the Statutes – could become new riverside residential neighbourhoods, with 225 new homes within walking distance of the town centre.”
“construction due to begin in 2028.”
“The remaining two sites, at Snail Yard and Corporation Street, would focus on smaller, mixed-use developments to bring activity back into the heart of the town centre.”
“The proposals, which are due to be discussed on 6 July, external, are part of ongoing regeneration work across the town centre.”
“over the next decade”
“where do we want to be by 2029 and where do we want to be by 2034-35.”
“81 Labour MPs”
“shave 10% off”
“To take part in any leadership contest, Carns would need to secure the nominations of 81 Labour MPs, and further endorsements from Labour affiliates such as trade unions.”
“I actually think there's a far broader strategy across all the government departments to make it more productive and indeed shave 10% off... by actually enhancing our standards across the country.”
“Is it adding a trillion pounds onto our GDP”
“Yn gynharach y mis hwn cynhaliodd y Gweinidog Iechyd, Mabon ap Gwynfor, uwchgynhadledd”
