Thailand parliament set to vote on new PM with Thaksin’s daughter nominated for top job | Thailand
Thailand’s parliament will vote on Friday whether to recognize Paethonthan Shinawatra, the billionaire daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as its future leader after more than a week of political turmoil. Paethonthan, 37, was chosen as prime ministerial candidate after 24 hours of frantic negotiations triggered by a court ruling that removed former prime […]
Nigel Farage MP and Reform Colleagues Sworn Into Parliament
Nigel Farage’s election as MP for Clacton in last week’s general election was a matter of red tape. Nigel Farage and the four Reform Party election winners were sworn in this week to the House of Commons, the lower house of Britain’s bicameral parliament. Farage was one of the last of the new MPs to […]
‘Patriots for Europe’ — Le Pen-Orbán Group Third Largest in EU Parliament
The new European Parliamentary coalition of Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orbán and other leading populists, known as “European Patriots”, is now the third-largest group in the EU Parliament and the largest populist group in the EU’s history. Following major gains across the continent in last month’s European Parliament elections, a new populist group has overtaken […]
French parliament divided among far-left, center, far-right after elections
The French parliament is divided between the far left, center and far right, with no political faction even approaching the majority needed to form a government. President Emmanuel Macron, who has three years left in his term, predicted the decision to call early elections would give the country a “moment of clarity,” the paper reported. […]
Pro-Palestinian Independents Enter Parliament After Beating Labour Party
Sectarian politics have officially taken hold in Britain, where a split on the left saw several independent candidates with pro-Palestinian platforms win against the Labour Party in Thursday’s general election. The left-wing Labour party has traditionally relied on overwhelming support from Britain’s Muslim community, but this support appears to be fragmenting as new Prime Minister […]
Nigel Farage wins seat in UK parliament for first time
Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform Britain party, won his first seat in the British Parliament after his supporters defected from Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party in a vote in the English seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea on Friday. Farage, whose anti-immigration, pro-Brexit campaign has made him one of Britain’s most famous and controversial politicians, […]
Nigel Farage Enters UK Parliament For First Time
Nigel Farage, the Brexiteer, has secured a beachhead in the British parliament, and his Reform UK party is projected to be the country’s third-largest party by vote share in Thursday’s general election. Update 0400 — Reform UK’s Richard Tice elected to Parliament Nigel Farage’s deputy leader and Reform Party leader Richard Tice won seats in […]
TikTok-Fueled Protests Turn Deadly as Protesters Storm Parliament, Police Tear-Gas Cathedral
In Kenya on Tuesday, anti-tax protesters tried to storm the country’s parliament building and police responded with live ammunition, leaving at least five people dead and 30 injured. Kenyans are Protest Demonstrations have been ongoing for weeks against a finance bill packed with tax hikes, including on everything from bread to car insurance. Some of […]
Poll Predicts Historic Victory Sending Nigel Farage to UK Parliament
Opinion polls suggest Nigel Farage is set to win the Clacton seat by a large margin, in some ways “unprecedented in modern electoral history”. Brexit advocate Nigel Farage is standing for his eighth election to the UK House of Commons, and opinion polls suggest he may be on the verge of being sworn in at […]
France elections: unpopular ex-president François Hollande to run for parliament again | France
France’s former Socialist President Francois Hollande said on Saturday he intends to run again in parliamentary elections, the latest political development following his successor Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call surprise parliamentary elections. The victory of the French far right in the European elections and President Macron’s dissolution of Parliament rapidly reshaped the landscape of French […]