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Your Party members vote to make name permanent at tense first conference

Your Party members vote to make name permanent at tense first conference

Liverpool gathering lays bare bitter divisions within new party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana The new leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will be called Your Party after a vote by members, but its weekend conference laid bare bitter divisions. Some 37.06% of members voted for the provisional name of “Your Party”, adopted when it was launched earlier this year, to become permanent. The votes for others on the shortlist were 25.23% to be called “For The Many”, 25.23% for “Popular Alliance” and 14.19% for “Our Party”. Continue reading...

Polling stations open - Police guard ballots transportation as pres elex kick off in Honduras amid criticism over foreign 'interference'

Polling stations open - Police guard ballots transportation as pres elex kick off in Honduras amid criticism over foreign 'interference'

"Police and military personnel were seen guarding the transportation of the ballots as polling stations opened for the Honduran presidential elections on Sunday. Footage recorded in Tegucigalpa polling station staff arranging National Electoral Council (CNE) ballots boxes with armed law enforcers standing guard on site. "We have perceived an atmosphere of calm, of peace, which is how it should be, right?" commented Marvin Hernandez, a voter. He also criticised the US President Donald Trump, who expressed his favouritism towards the right-wing candidate Nasry 'Tito' Asfura. "Let us say that this is rather interference in our country, that another president expresses support for a particular candidate. We see that as interference because here we Hondurans are the ones who will decide who to vote for and the vote is already decided," Hernandez added. Earlier on Friday Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: "If he [Asfura] doesn't win, the United States will not be throwing good money after bad." The presidential candidates in this electoral process are: Rixi Ramona Moncada, from the Liberty and Refoundation (Libre) party; Nasri Juan Asfura, from the National Party; Salvador Nasralla, from the Liberal Party; as well as Mario Enrique Rivera, from the Christian Democratic Party. In addition to electing the person who will succeed the current president, Xiomara Castro, Hondurans will also vote for three presidential designates, 298 municipal mayors and 128 deputies to the local Parliament."

Tractor blockade - Clashes erupt as Greek farmers shut down key highway over delayed EU payments, govt corruption scandal

Tractor blockade - Clashes erupt as Greek farmers shut down key highway over delayed EU payments, govt corruption scandal

"Protesters clashed with police in the Thessaly region on Sunday as farmers blocked the Athens-Thessaloniki national highway with tractors over delayed EU subsidies and government corruption. Footage shows police officers using tear gas against the protesters as they attempted to breach a police cordon. Demonstrators can be seen attempting to overturn a police vehicle while drone footage captures the massive line of tractors filling up the highway. The protesters hit the streets over fair production costs and a shortfall of payments of EU agricultural subsidies. The subsidies were delayed after a series of leaks revealed a long-standing corruption and mismanagement of EU agricultural funds, triggering widespread social discontent.  This comes after Greek Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, revealed on September 2 that more than 15% of applications for EU funding had been fraudulent, with €23 million ($26.6 million) of funds having been issued to applicants illegally, following an investigation. In October, Greek Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aids (OPEKEPE) Vice President Ioannis Kaimakamis resigned after admitting that family members had been awarded funds, with an ALCO poll in September revealing that 70 percent of Greeks believe the Mitsotakis government is corrupt and failing on transparency. The Greek government has promised that delayed subsidy payments will be cleared in 2025."

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s hilarious struggle to cope with these unhinged Maga science questions is straight from the hall of fame

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s hilarious struggle to cope with these unhinged Maga science questions is straight from the hall of fame

A 2024 episode of the Daily Show saw Ronny Chieng interview Astrophysicist and promoter of science, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Using genuine tweets and claims from members of the Republican Party, he presented it as though it were a public Q&A on science – though, as we have all seen, the people in question prefer to […] The post Neil deGrasse Tyson’s hilarious struggle to cope with these unhinged Maga science questions is straight from the hall of fame appeared first on The Poke .