Exclusive: Formby, an ally of Jeremy Corbyn who quit role in 2020, says Labour is now ‘in hock to corporate sponsors’
A former Labour general secretary has defected to the Green party, in the latest sign that allies of Jeremy Corbyn are moving in large numbers to Zack Polanski’s party.
Jennie Formby, who managed the Labour party from 2018 to 2020, told the Guardian she had signed up as a Green party member and intended to campaign for it before May’s local elections.
Continue reading...Brighton was fifth straight league defeat without scoring
Interim head coach expected if Rosenior departs
Chelsea are holding a review after a defeat at Brighton that has left Liam Rosenior on the brink of losing his job.
Although club sources have stressed it is standard for debriefs to take place the day after a game, key discussions are taking place at Cobham and a managerial change for the second time this season appears likely. Rosenior, appointed as head coach in January after the departure of Enzo Maresca, has overseen five successive defeats in the Premier League and there are growing concerns that support for him in the dressing room is draining away.
Continue reading...The civil servant says he was pressured by No 10 to get Mandelson’s vetting done; the PM says he wasn’t informed. Who emerges most damaged?
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Continue reading...The second lady has launched a serviceable children’s podcast. That seems strategic given JD Vance’s potential presidential run
I know that child labour is generally frowned upon but, in this economy, sometimes you’ve got to put your kid to work. Last week I gave my four-year-old an important assignment: she had to watch all four episodes of Usha Vance’s new video podcast and provide a detailed review. Forty minutes later, her verdict was in: “I love it, mama.”
To be fair, my kid loves pretty much anything on a screen. Still, I didn’t hate Usha’s new children’s podcast either. Launched a couple of weeks ago, Storytime With the Second Lady is aimed at promoting literacy. In the first instalment, Usha reads The Tale of Peter Rabbit; in subsequent episodes, a celebrity guest reads their favourite book.
Continue reading...Christopher Trybus, of Swindon, also found not guilty of coercive and controlling behaviour towards Tarryn Baird
A man has been cleared of waging a campaign of domestic abuse and sexual violence on his wife, who went on to take her own life.
Christopher Trybus, 43, was charged with manslaughter, as well as with two counts of rape and coercive and controlling behaviour, but was found not guilty after a seven-week trial at Winchester crown court.
Continue reading...Jamelle Bouie on the truly unprecedented open corruption of the Trump regime. I’ve found it useful to think of DJT’s 2nd term primarily as a heist: a theft of money & power from the American people by a con man who finally found the perfect score.
Op de rots van Gibraltar leeft een kolonie berberapen, die veel in contact komen met toeristen. Dat beïnvloedt hun dieet. Ze hebben een bijzondere strategie om daarmee om te gaan.
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Duitsland heeft plannen uitgestippeld om binnen dertien jaar het militair sterkste land van Europa te worden. De Europese grootmacht zet daarvoor onder meer in op langeafstandswapens, luchtverdediging, drones en kunstmatige intelligentie, staat in zijn nieuwe militaire strategie.
De Bundeswehr moet groeien naar 460.000 mensen, onder wie 200.000 reservisten, luidt het in de strategie. Hoge militairen dringen de laatste tijd aan op een groter aantal, maar defensieminister Boris Pistorius houdt het bij deze bekende streefcijfers. De Duitse strijdkrachten moeten verder automatiseren en zich ontdoen van bureaucratische rompslomp. Ook daarbij kan AI helpen, hoopt Pistorius.
De belangrijkste dreiging voor Duitsland is nog altijd Rusland, stelt de strategie. Duitsland moet in dat licht zelf sterker worden om zijn rol als zwaargewicht binnen de Europese Unie en de NAVO te vervullen. Berlijn bezuinigde jarenlang op defensie, maar herbewapent zich inmiddels snel.
