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Eighth Labour MP quits party to join breakaway Independent Group

Hope she is being paid well, she will never be a Labor MP or any MP again.

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Joan Ryan says party has become ‘infected with scourge of anti-Jewish racism’

Joan Ryan has become the eighth Labour MP to resign and join the breakaway Independent Group, claiming Jeremy Corbyn’s party has become “infected with the scourge of anti-Jewish racism”.

Ryan, the MP for Enfield North, said she had been a member for four decades – but could no longer remain as a Labour MP.

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Saudi purse can rebalance China’s influence on Pak

Saudi purse has funded thousand of religious schools that have promoted terrorism – we don’t need anymore 9-11s, bombings in UK and France and Germany spawned by Saudi funding all to maintain their control over Mecca! And now they are trying to buy nuclear technology!!! For Islamabad, filling a financial gap of $12 billion that has bogged down the Imran Khan government has been of far more importance than making long-term investments in CPEC. This is where the Saudi help beat Beijing’s, which did not respond when Pakistan PM Imran Khan went knocking on its doors for aid.

Elizabeth Warren Wants a Wealth Tax. How Would That Even Work?

Why is this even a question? The highest tax rate in the 1960’s and 1970s was at least 70%. When President Ronny dropped that to 35% or so, the great inequality began and now less than one percent control 90% of USA wealth. The $22/hr job is now $16/hour! More single parents than ever have to work two or more jobs to keep heads above water! There are other tools that don’t involve quite the risks and challenges of targeting the richest families.

‘I know what intolerance looks like’: Ilhan Omar takes her turn in the spotlight

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The Minnesota congresswoman faced fire over Israel and fury over her treatment of Trump official Elliott Abrams

Ilhan Omar made history in January when she became the first Somali American and one of the first Muslim women sworn into the US Congress.

Related: Democratic party elites silence Ilhan Omar at their peril | Trita Parsi and Stephen Wertheim

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Why Trump and his team want to wipe out the EU | Natalie Nougayrède

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Mike Pompeo’s wooing of eastern European states is an attack on the union’s very existence, and part of a wider ideological battle

The Trump administration not only dislikes the European Union, it is out to destroy it. The trip by the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to Europe last week was episode three of the onslaught, designed to play on east-west divisions within the EU. Episode one was Donald Trump’s 2017 Warsaw speech, infused with nativist nationalism. Episode two was Trump’s 2018 moves on tariffs, and his tearing up of key agreements such as the Iran nuclear deal and the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. To which should be added his open encouragements to Brexiteers, and his decision to pull out of Syria. All of the above affect European (including British) interests in very concrete ways, unlike mere tweets or insults thrown at allies.

Europe is trying to put up a resistance. Angela Merkel, Trump’s favourite political target in the EU, received a standing ovation on Saturday at the annual Munich security conference for her speech on the virtues of multilateralism. But perhaps we have yet to fully fathom what the EU is dealing with in this new Trump era. The man now whispering into Trump’s ears is John Bolton, his national security adviser. His brand of anti-EU ideology was on full display during Pompeo’s tour of Budapest, Bratislava and Warsaw.

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Trump urges Venezuelan military to desert ‘Cuban puppet’ Maduro

Even using outdated Red language – Dummy thinks he can get “strong” hard bullying a Latin American!

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  • President speaks to US-based Venezuelans in Miami
  • Trump calls on listeners to support opposition

Donald Trump has appealed to the largest Venezuelan community in the US, seeking to rally support for the opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

Related: Panama Papers ‘tightened the noose’ on offshore assets of Maduro’s inner circle

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A digital gangster destroying democracy: the damning verdict on Facebook

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Parliament’s report into fake news raises many questions, but will the government act?

Facebook is an out-of-control train wreck that is destroying democracy and must be brought under control. The final report of parliament’s inquiry into fake news and disinformation does not use this language, precisely, but it is, nonetheless, the report’s central message. And the language it does use is no less damning.

Facebook behaves like a “digital gangster”. It considers itself to be “ahead of and beyond the law”. It “misled” parliament. It gave statements that were “not true”. Its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has treated British lawmakers with “contempt”. It has pursued a “deliberate” strategy to deceive parliament.

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