TOI Corospodent from London: Britain’s Conservative Party has elected its first black leader, Kemi Badenoch, since its founding in 1834. Badenoch, who was announced as the new Opposition leader on Saturday, also makes history as the first black woman to be elected to lead any major UK political party.The 44-year-old mother-of-three received 53,806 votes and…
Former US President Donald Trump TOI CORRESPONDENT from London: Donald Trump’s lawyer has written to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to request an immediate investigation into “blatant foreign interference” in the US presidential election by the UK Labour party, alleging that “illegal foreign contributions” were made by Labour to Kamala Harris’ campaign.This comes after a…
File photo: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Picture credit: Reuters) Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced the first resignation in his new UK government on Saturday when lawmaker Rosie Duffield left the Labour Party. Duffield accused Starmer of hypocrisy for accepting over £100,000 in gifts while cutting an annual £300 winter heating payment for about 10…
In a slip of the tongue, during his inaugural speech to the Labour Party conference as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the return of “sausages” before quickly correcting himself to say “hostages.”“I call again for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the return of the sausages … the hostages and…
LONDON: British Sikhs say they will strongly resist a new definition of Islamophobia which they say distorts recorded history and prevents them from discussing the history of their own faith.The Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO), headed by Lord Singh of Wimbledon, has written to UK deputy prime minister Angela Rayner saying it has “serious concerns…
The British parliament was dissolved on Thursday, as the five-week campaign period begun leading up to the general election on July 4.The election is expected to bring the Labour party back to power after 14 years of Conservative rule. As the clock struck one minute past midnight, all 650 seats of members of parliament (MPs)…
