51 h. ago Labour comms director helped write manifesto while still working at TikTok

Exclusive: James Lyons rewrote 2024 election pledges ‘over evenings and weekends’ before his exit from social media company A senior executive at TikTok helped write the Labour manifesto while still working at the Chinese-owned technology company, he has said.James Lyons, who left his post as Keir Starmer’s director strategic communications last week, wrote on LinkedIn that he was asked last year to help write the party’s election pledges while he was still working for the social media platform. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Samoa’s election: Voting has begun after months of turmoil, here is everything you need to know

Samoans began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections amid personal rivalries and geopolitical tensions Samoa went to the polls on Friday in a national election called early by the caretaker prime minister, Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, after months of political turmoil.Official campaigning ceased on Sunday with billboards blacked out, posters taken down and social media endorsements suspended under strict orders from the electoral commissioner. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Samoa’s election: Personal rivalries, geopolitical tensions and everything else you need to know

Samoans will go to the polls for parliamentary elections on Friday after months of political turmoilSamoa will go to the polls on Friday in a national election called early by the caretaker prime minister, Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa, after months of political turmoil.Official campaigning ceased on Sunday with billboards blacked out, posters taken down and social media endorsements suspended under strict orders from the electoral commissioner. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago SNP Social Justice Secretary says Labour and Tory welfare cuts are election 'dividing line'

EXCLUSIVE: Shirley-Anne Somerville said the SNP will not cut benefits or restrict eligibility.

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3 w. ago How towering dominance of Bolivia’s socialist party came tumbling down

In strongholds such as El Alto, support for the Mas party that once made Evo Morales Bolivia’s first Indigenous president has ebbed away – leaving it on the brink of extinctionAmid the almost monochrome landscape of bare-brick buildings in the high-altitude Bolivian city of El Alto, taller structures painted in garish colours and mirrored glass stand out, topped with giant statues of pop culture figures such as Batman and Iron Man.The extravagant structures are known as “cholets”, a blend of chalet and cholo, the term used for people of Indigenous roots who moved to urban areas while retaining their cultural traits. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bolivia presidential election: preliminary results put two rightwing candidates in run

First-round result marks the end of nearly 20 years of dominance by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo as economic crisis grips the countryBolivia’s presidential election will go to a run-off for the first time, with two rightwing candidates competing for the presidency – marking the end of nearly 20 years of dominance by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas).The candidate with the most votes, however, turned out to be a surprise: centre-right senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira, 57, who had started the campaign with just 3% support in opinion polls. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bolivians go to polls in election that could end 20 years of leftist rule

Rightwing candidates lead polling ahead of fragmented left amid country’s worst economic crisis in four decadesBolivians are going to the polls in an election that could mark a shift to the right and the end of nearly 20 years of rule by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas).The party, which came to power with the first election of Evo Morales in 2005, risks losing its legal status if it fails to reach 3% of the vote – a threshold it has not hit in polls. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bolivians go to polls in election that could end 20 years of socialism

Rightwing candidates lead polling ahead of fragmented left amid country’s worst economic crisis in four decadesBolivians are going to the polls in an election that could mark a shift to the right – and the end of nearly 20 years of rule by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas).The party, which came to power with the first election of Evo Morales in 2005, risks losing its legal status if it fails to reach 3% – a threshold it has not hit in polls. Continue reading...

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