55 minutes ago Don’t listen to opponents of assisted dying: a Labour government’s legacy must be freedom | Polly Toynbee

I have campaigned for the right to avoid a needlessly agonising death all my life. After this vote, I hope I will no longer have toThe time has come for a defining moment early in a Labour era that has so far lacked definition. This is the week a Labour parliament can make its mark in the long campaign for personal freedoms over birth, sex, life and death. If not, if MPs prove pusillanimous in the face of loud but thinly supported objections backed by organised religion, they will ignore the opinion of a public that is strongly in favour: the British social attitudes survey’s first polling in 1983 found 77% of people in favour of assisted dying, and that figure has hardly varied since then. After campaigning all my life on this, I feel: if not now, then probably not in my lifetime.Every...

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Donald Trump was handed legal wins as he works to fill his cabinet after special counsel Jack Smith said his team is treating him as a current president

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4 hours ago Why I started the petition for another General Election: 'Fed up' pub landlord reveals what sparked viral campaign to get rid of Labour

Pub landlord Michael Westwood said he decided to launch the petition having seen Keir Starmer and his MPs go back on their manifesto promises.

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4 hours ago Interactive map reveals how many people in YOUR area have signed the General Election petition

The petition, set up by Pub landlord Michael Westwood, has so far passed two million signatures as many are unhappy with the new Labour government.

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5 hours ago Trump to take drastic action against Canada, Mexico and China to stop the border 'invasion' and issues an ultimatum

President-elect Donald Trump threatened Monday to slap a 25 percent tariff on Mexican and Canadian goods as long as the countries allowed immigrants to flow over the U.S. border.

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6 hours ago Trump threatens China, Mexico and Canada with tariffs over opioids and immigration – live

Decision comes hours after Jack Smith filed motion to drop election interference charges and classified documents case against president-electProsecutors drop federal cases against TrumpCorey Lewandowski, an adviser to Donald Trump, has said that he and the president-elect have “no concerns at all” regarding Pete Hegseth’s confirmation by the Senate as the next US secretary of defense.During an appearance on NewsMax, Lewandowski was asked if Trump had any concerns about Hegseth and his nomination, to which Lewandowski responded: “We have no concerns at all.” Continue reading...

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