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 […]
Video Shows Chaotic Brawl Inside Italian Parliament
A chaotic melee between lawmakers was captured on video inside the Italian parliament on Wednesday, just one day before the annual Group of Seven summit in the Italian region of Puglia. A video posted to Twitter on Thursday shows one man trying to step forward to unfurl the Italian flag, with several people confronting him. […]
Macron stands by move to dissolve parliament, trigger snap elections
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday defended his decision to call early parliamentary elections following last weekend’s European Parliament elections, in which his centre-right parties suffered a crushing defeat to the right-wing National Rally. Macron argued that voters in the elections he just called would buck current trends and choose so-called “progressives.” “I think the […]
Right-Wing Parties Gain Multiple Seats In Major European Parliament Elections
(Photo by Maya Hitidji/Getty Images) James Myers of OANMonday, June 10, 2024 1:43 PM After four days of voting, more than 400 million European voters in 27 countries have pushed the 720-seat European Parliament “further to the right than ever before”, according to international political analysts. advertisement Right-wing parties in Europe have dominated European Union […]
Antifa Activist Accused of Hammer Attack Elected to EU Parliament
A radical Italian Antifa activist accused of attacking people with a hammer in Budapest has been elected to the European Parliament, potentially paving the way for his release from detention in Hungary. Ilaria Salis, a 39-year-old teacher and “anti-fascist” activist currently under house arrest in Hungary, has won a seat in the European Parliament representing […]
Nigel Farage Tipped to Win Parliament Seat After Shock Return to Politics
Nigel Farage, the Brexit supporter who has recently returned to British politics, is expected to win his seaside constituency of Clacton and secure his seat in the general election on July 4. Veteran populist Nigel Farage initially claimed Chancellor Rishi Sunak had made a mistake by deciding to call an early general election in the […]
Nigel Farage announces run for Parliament
British politician Nigel Farage has announced that he will stand for parliamentary elections and lead the Reform UK Party. “Britain has been failed by two parties conspiring to accelerate its decline. There is not a shred of paper between Labour and the Conservatives in this election,” Mr Farage said in the post. Telegraph“Both are trapped […]