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Tactical voting could deliver remain victory in election – study

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Tactical voting could deliver remain victory in election – study Conservatives could be denied majority if one in three remain supporters switch votesTactical voting could swing a victory for pro-remain parties in the December election, research suggests.Boris Johnson would fail to get a majority if one in three pro-remain voters in England and Wales switched their vote, the campaign group Best for Britain said. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Chinese province closes all glass bridges over safety fears

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Chinese province closes all glass bridges over safety fears Series of injuries and deaths prompts closure of 32 glass-bottomed attractions in HebeiThey were meant to be futuristic marvels, allowing thrill-seeking tourists to feel like they were walking on air.But China’s growing obsession with glass bridges may be coming to an abrupt end, after a series of accidents led one province to close down all its glass-bottomed attractions. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Chilean president cancels Apec and climate summits amid wave of unrest

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Chilean president cancels Apec and climate summits amid wave of unrest Sebastián Piñera confirms he will not hold summits in November and December, as government struggles with massive protestsChile’s embattled president has been forced to cancel two major international summits after government concessions failed to defuse weeks of violent protests that have seen thousands of arrests, left at least 20 dead and sent shock waves across Latin America.Sebastián Piñera made the announcement on Wednesday morning, telling reporters Chile would no longer be able to host November’s Apec trade summit and the COP25 UN climate conference the following month. Continue reading... Go to Source
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General election: Amber Rudd joins exodus of MPs quitting parliament ahead of December poll – live news

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General election: Amber Rudd joins exodus of MPs quitting parliament ahead of December poll – live news Former home secretary will not contest election as country to head to polls on 12 December Full story: General election confirmed for 12 DecemberAnalysis: can Labour eat into projected 58-seat Tory majority?How the parties are shaping up for December’s election 12.00pm GMTPMQs is about to start. It is only Boris Johnson’s third PMQs since he became prime minister in July. 11.57am GMTHere is an interesting question from below the line.Andrew, what is the likely effect on the election of 51 MPs standing down? Are those seats more likely to switch from current party to another? Or less?*CORRECTION*We reckon it's 53, excluding John Mann (h/t @MShepheard)Data here, corrections welcom...
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Let battle commence: how the parties are shaping up for December’s election

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Let battle commence: how the parties are shaping up for December's election How ready are the Tories, Labour, Lib Dems, SNP, Brexit party and Greens for the snap poll?All the day’s politics news – livePreparednessThe Conservatives have been obviously preparing for a general election since the summer. The signs were all there, even while Boris Johnson was insisting he did not want to go to the polls, with the appointment of Isaac Levido, a protege of Australian election strategist Lynton Crosby, as campaigns director. Two women from a thinktank background, Munira Mirza and Rachel Wolf, have been writing the party’s manifesto for months. MPs have been hitting the phones canvassing, and special advisers are expecting to be assigned roles in Conservative party headquarters and on the ...
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Lib Dems could win hundreds of seats in election, says Swinson

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Lib Dems could win hundreds of seats in election, says Swinson Leader talks up chances of breakthrough as party election machines swing into actionLatest politics news - live updatesThe Liberal Democrats are “within a small swing of winning hundreds of seats”, Jo Swinson has claimed, as the main parties began pushing out key messages before what is billed as the most volatile general election in living memory.Although the official campaign does not begin until parliament is dissolved next week, the near-certain passage through parliament of a bill calling a 12 December poll has prompted party election machines to swing immediately into action. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Grenfell Tower fire survivors welcome damning inquiry report

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Grenfell Tower fire survivors welcome damning inquiry report ‘Heartbreaking’ to read more loved ones could have been saved, say bereavedGrenfell Tower inquiry: the chair’s findings so farGrenfell Tower inquiry: the main playersLives of Grenfell: portraits of the 72 who diedThe survivors and the bereaved of the Grenfell Tower fire have welcomed a damning public inquiry report into the disaster that concludes there were “systemic failings” by the London fire brigade. But they said it was “heartbreaking” to read that more of their loved ones could have been saved if the building was evacuated earlier.The long-delayed report into the blaze that claimed 72 lives was released on Wednesday morning by the inquiry chairman, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, and was branded “strong” by Grenfell United...
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Facebook agrees to pay fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal

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Facebook agrees to pay fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal Company withdraws appeal against £500,000 penalty imposed by UK data watchdogFacebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine, the highest possible, to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, ending more than a year of litigation between the regulator and social network.The ICO announced its intention to fine Facebook in July 2018. Unusually, the office went public with its intention before giving Facebook a chance to respond, and ultimately issued the official penalty notice three months later, in October. Facebook appealed against the fine, and in June 2019 the tribunal issued an interim decision “holding that procedural fairness and allegations of bias on the part of the ICO should be con...
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Parliament breaks Brexit deadlock with vote for 12 December election

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Parliament breaks Brexit deadlock with vote for 12 December election Boris Johnson wins vote to secure snap poll at fourth time of asking Brexit: latest updates – liveMPs voted on Tuesday night to finally resolve their Brexit deadlock by calling a general election, setting the stage for a 12 December contest that could be the most unpredictable in a generation. Related: Tory MPs 'asking Brexit party not to stand against them' Continue reading... Go to Source
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The Guardian view on a snap election: a reckoning the voters may not want | Editorial

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The Guardian view on a snap election: a reckoning the voters may not want | Editorial Boris Johnson has got the poll he wanted but he might be making the same mistake as Theresa May in 2017General elections must be about the issues. The 1997 election was about 18 “wasted” years of Tory government, with Tony Blair’s manifesto saying “Britain deserves better”. In 1974 Edward Heath called an election seeking an answer to the question of who governs Britain – the prime minister or the unions. The answer the electorate returned was the unions. More often than not, politicians overestimate their ability to frame the terms of political debate. Theresa May reasoned that Brexit would be the issue in her snap election of 2017. It dominated voters’ thoughts – but that did not help her. Boris...
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Can Labour eat into projected 58-seat Tory majority?

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Can Labour eat into projected 58-seat Tory majority? Boris Johnson opens election campaign with a 10-point poll lead We’re off, and Labour has it all to do. The Conservatives start the campaign with a 10-point poll lead, a margin that translates into an overall majority of about 58 for Boris Johnson, according to estimates produced by Electoral Calculus.If anything, the latest Brexit wrangling has benefited the Conservatives, extending the party’s lead by two points since 1 October, even as it became increasingly clear that Johnson’s “do or die” Halloween deadline would be missed. Continue reading... Go to Source
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‘It’s doing my head in’: UK voters sick of Brexit – and the election

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'It's doing my head in': UK voters sick of Brexit – and the election Voters in Labour seat of Bury North and Tory seat of Chingford split over merits of pre-Christmas pollMPs break Brexit deadlock with vote for 12 December electionIn the foothills of the Pennines, the market town of Ramsbottom was busy with afternoon shoppers when news broke of a looming general election. Teacups clattered, eyes rolled and heads shook wearily in a town that voted 53% for leave in June 2016. Continue reading... Go to Source
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Brexit reduced to a petty squabble. Classic Dom | John Crace

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Brexit reduced to a petty squabble. Classic Dom | John Crace Johnson and Corbyn only cared about election timing – leaving this parliament to expire as it had lived. A laughing stockIt came down to a matter of days. Once Lindsay Hoyle, the deputy speaker, a man with both eyes on the top job had – as expected – chosen not to select amendments on EU citizens and votes for 16-year-olds, the only issue was about timing.The Tories wanted 12 December because that was the day they had first thought of and didn’t want to look like they were making any concessions. So tough. So brave. Classic Dom. Not wanting to be looking like the only leader too timid to vote for an election, Jeremy Corbyn muscled in on the Lib Dems and the SNP to insist that it took place on 9 December instead. Continue...
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