EU will examine Israel association agreement after massive public petition
The ECI mechanism requires the Commission to examine petitions signed by more than 1 million EU citizens from more than seven countries. Earlier this year, the Commission rejected a petition to expand abortion financing…
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Ukraine Starlink speed restrictions in effect again, Zelenskyy says
The latest restrictions have already allowed several Russian drones to get through Ukrainian air defense and kill more Ukrainians, he added. "Connectivity issues have resurfaced," said Serhii Bezkrestnov, an advisor to…
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Lord Ashcroft: How the parties will navigate the two great debates – Europe and fiscal reality
For more information on his work, visit lordashcroft.com Two new fronts look set to dominate political debate for the rest of this parliament. One – Britain’s relationship with the European Union – is of the prime…
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Military Matters, Episode 12
They also discuss the manipulation of the veteran community with applied behavioural psychology so that the state can keep veterans ‘onside’. Some veterans do appear keen to challenge various narratives presented. Brian…
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MPs urge Labour ministers to get on with trophy hunting ban
Labour pledged at the 2024 general election to outlaw bringing the parts of animals killed by hunters for sport, such as heads or horns, into the UK. But it has so far failed to bring a bill enacting the ban to…
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EU court rejects Poland’s bid to overturn 7 major climate laws
The judges also dismissed challenges to the bloc’s carbon border tax, energy efficiency rules and national emissions reduction targets. Six lawsuits were filed in July and August 2023, while PiS was in power. The seventh…
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Russia attacks Ukraine hours after Abu Dhabi peace talks end
While both sides agreed to prepare another major prisoner swap, other issues, including territory and Europe’s participation in future talks, reportedly caused heated debates at the negotiating table. A member of the…
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Burnham says climate consensus 'gone' but pledges 'new era of leadership' in COP31 speech
Addressing other world leaders and delegates at the COP31 climate summit in Turkey, he said that despite this, the UK was ready to begin a "new era of British leadership" on the climate change issue. But environmental…
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Jack Peters: The Conservatives weren’t too liberal: we were too weak
But attributing these failures to liberalism is an irritating Americanism that stops us understanding exactly what happened. The Scottish Enlightenment gave Britain a liberal tradition rooted in empiricism, not utopian…
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Mississippi: Historic change has come at last
But something else really big has happened which deserves separate focus. While the party poppers were being swept up from the Democrat celebrations, officials in Mississippi were quietly and labouriously sifting through…
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