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UK ELECTIONS 2024: A PARTING OF THE WAYS INSIDE LABOURISM, NEVER MIND THE ELECTORAL SUCCESS – In the 4 July legislative election, the Conservative government suffered a crushing electoral defeat, and Rishi Sunak resigned. The Labour Party led by Keir Starmer won 411 (or 412) parliamentary seats out of 650, but did so with 3 million fewer votes than Jeremy Corbyn in 2017!
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UNITED KINGDOM, ELECTIONS 2024: FORWARD TO PERMANENT POPULAR FORUMS – On 23 May, the Sunak Conservative government announced a snap parliamentary election for 4 July, leaving six weeks for the campaign. The arch Blairite Peter Mandelson (now Lord for services rendered) says that Sunak wanted quick elections to put a stop to the soaring popularity of far-right Farage and his Reform Party.
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UK STRIKES: FOR A SINGLE TRADE UNIONS’ PLATFORM WITH COMMON DEMANDS – United Kingdom (UK) strike wave: Public sector workers are the most involved in the current big wave of strikes: public service (PSC), post and telecommunications (CWU), nurses and paramedics (RCN), tube and bus, civil servants, teachers and many others.
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