Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ratings have plummeted after footage leaked this week showed Downing Street staffers laughing and joking about a Christmas party held there last December 18, while the rest of the country was under Tier 3 lockdown restrictions. The scandal has already led to the resignation of Johnson’s …
Read More »USSR could have avoided collapse – party leader
Speaking to RIA Novosti on Wednesday, Sergey Baburin, the leader of the nationalist Russian All-People’s Union party said that the union “is a historical form of Russian civilization in the 20th century.” According to him, the Belovezha Accords, signed three decades ago on December 8 between the leaders of the …
Read More »Boris Johnson adviser tearfully resigns over Christmas party scandal
The prime minister has been grilled by MPs over a leaked video, which shows Stratton laughing at a mock press conference and joking that “this fictional party was a business meeting … and it was not socially distanced.” Stratton was government spokesperson for the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.On Wednesday …
Read More »US bank chief regrets Communist party jibe
“I regret and should not have made that comment. I was trying to emphasize the strength and longevity of our company,” JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said in a statement issued by the bank on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the bank said Dimon acknowledged that he should “never speak …
Read More »Republican Liz Cheney disowned by own party in home state
Wyoming’s Republican Central Committee voted 31-29 in favor of no longer recognizing Cheney as a Republican on Saturday. Newsweek noted, however, that the vote was “a symbolic gesture” and “does not strip Cheney of any power.” Cheney will continue to serve as Wyoming’s sole congressional representative and as a member …
Read More »More Democrats think party has better chance of winning 2024 if Biden is replaced than think he should run again – poll
The new NPR/PBS/Marist poll, released on Monday, showed that only 36% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning Independents believe their party would have a better chance of winning the 2024 presidential election if Biden runs again. By comparison, 44% of respondents said they would have greater confidence with someone else at the …
Read More »‘He’s got some stamina!’ Shirtless Tyson Fury celebrates with party at Las Vegas nightclub after 11-round war with Wilder (VIDEO)
Just hours after Fury had dealt the telling blow in his three-fight series with American Wilder in front of a capacity crowd at the T-Mobile Arena, the newly-reconfirmed WBC heavyweight champion found himself entertaining a very different audience altogether, after he joined world famous DJ Steve Aoki at the nearby Hakkasan nightclub. Video …
Read More »Detained ex-leader Saakashvili came to Georgia to stage COUP, says head of ruling party, as projections show it leading in polls
Saakashvili’s coming to Georgia was widely perceived as a game of dare with the authorities, as he had several convictions in absentia on charges of abuse of power. However, Georgian Dream leader Irakli Kobakhidze said the police had a more urgent reason for detaining the controversial politician, as he had …
Read More »Conservative wing of Merkel’s bloc says party leadership must resign after ‘debacle’ in Germany’s general election
“The board of directors and party leaders of the CDU and CDU must draw the conclusions from the election debacle in the federal elections on September 26, 2021 and resign immediately,” the party’s informal conservative wing, the Values Union, said in a statement. The group argued that Armin Laschet, the …
Read More »Communists rally in Moscow as party protests about its underwhelming election results in capital despite regional gains
The communists gathered in Pushkin Square to protest about the results that their party, the KPRF, garnered in last weekend’s elections. Since the demo was not authorized by the authorities, in line with coronavirus restrictions, the organizers insisted the gathering was not a proper rally, but instead merely a “meeting …
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