Starmer delivers speech setting out position on Israel-Hamas conflict amid party divisions| Labour leader's car mobbed by activists after speech The sisters are horrified. It seems completely clear to them that Valentina is just using their father to stay in the UK, and they are scandalized that all it took to bamboozle their supposedly brilliant father are some satin green underwear and a pretended knowledge of Nietzsche. However, we soon learn that while Valentina is indeed an opportunist, everything she does is for her son Stanislav, whose high IQ wasn’t well served in Ukrainian schools. Currently, Labour sits on an average of 45.8%, compared with the Tories on 25.1% - a roughly 21-point lead. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.

Johnson reported to have said: 'Why are we destroying everything for people who will die anyway soon?' Mr Cummings, who served asMr Johnson's chief aide until November 2020, was giving evidence for several hours. What began as a cost-cutting measure Transport Secretary Mark Harper hoped could be forced through in just three weeks has ended in humiliation for the minister, and dealt another blow to an industry rapidly losing public and passenger confidence. We also heard Mr Johnson was reported to have said: "Why are we destroying everything for people who will die soon anyway?"; Mr Cummings denied being misogynistic, and told the inquiry he was "much ruder to men" he worked with during his time in Number 10;Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson's former aide, gave explosive evidence to the COVID inquiry for hours today. This included the airing of a number of WhatsApp messages between Mr Cummings and the then-PM; The narrator, forty-seven-year-old Nadezhda (Nadia for short) Mayevskij is a university lecturer in sociology in Peterborough, a small city east of London in England. XL bully dogs will be added to the list of animals banned under the Dangerous Dog Act from the end of this year, the government has announced. As the novel opens, eighty-four-year-old Nikolai tells his daughters that he has fallen in love and is going to get married. The object of his affection is Valentina, an illegal immigrant from Ukraine whose main appeal appears to be her youth (she is thirty-six years old), her dyed-blonde hair, and her enormous, voluptuous breasts. Regrettably, however, this novel will not leave the reader any the wiser about the Ukrainian community in England. What we are offered is the banal tale of a Ukrainian woman who enters the UK on a tourist visa and who is prepared to go to any lengths to remain in the country.

The award-winning Westminster Accounts tool, created by Sky News and Tortoise Media, lets you explore all of those questions. But Rishi Sunak, who has spent recent weeks trying to reset his faltering premiership with major announcements on HS2 and net zero, has insisted a general election is "not something the country wants" at this moment. The current parliament first met on 17 December 2019 and will automatically dissolve on 17 December 2024, with polling day expected to take place 25 days later (not counting any bank holidays or weekends).Nikolai, an 86 year old retired Ukrainian engineer and tractor historian in Peterborough, has fallen in love with 36 year old Valentina. His daughters, Vera and Nadezhda, who have not spoken to one another since their mother's death, unite in horror to defend their father and what remains of his pension.

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the Labour MP for Tooting, has asked those not calling for a ceasefire to present another option to "avoid more devastating bloodshed". However, the prime minister could choose to go earlier than that, and will likely call one if and when he sees an advantage in doing so.

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Sir Keir Starmer - who has set his sights on two terms in office to "rebuild Britain" - revealed at his party's annual conference in Liverpool that he is preparing for a contest as soon as May. If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month. Changes in the law will be phased in over several months. From 31 December 2023 breeding, selling, advertising, rehoming, abandoning and allowing an XL bully dog to stray will be illegal in England and Wales, the government said. Sir Ephraim said: "This afternoon at City Hall, I thanked Sadiq Khan for his ongoing, unequivocal commitment to fighting antisemitism across London. The younger sister, Nadezhda, reminisces about Ukraine and ponders the country's history. She dwells on well-known tragic events: the famine, Nazi occupation, Stalin's purges, Babi Yar. The hard realism of these images is in stark contrast with the grotesque main plot. Reading this novel gave me the impression that I had read a school textbook on Ukrainian history with one eye on an episode of Coronation Street.

The final WhatsApp message between Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings has been revealed at the COVID Inquiry. In third are the Lib Dems on 10.7%, followed by Reform on around 6.9% and the Greens on 6.0% - with the SNP on 3.0%.She said: "This is a refugee camp in Gaza, today. I respect some believe a ceasefire is not plausible, but they should stand up and explain what they'll do to avoid more devastating bloodshed like this.