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BBC News
14 hours ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Cabinet unveiled following Boston Borough Council revolt
A new cabinet has been unveiled at Boston Borough Council after the authority's leader was voted out of nine-strong cabinet is a coalition, led by Dale Broughton, the former deputy comes as 14 members who recently quit as Boston Independents have formed a new Progressive Independents Boston cabinet comprises seven Progressive Independents, a Conservative, and new deputy leader Mike Gilbert, who sits with the 20-20 Independent group. The shake-up at the town hall means the Progressive Independents are just shy of a majority, with 14 of the 30 councillors sitting as members of the new are seven members of the 20-20 group, four Conservatives and two unaligned Dorrian, of the Boston Independents, was ousted as council leader in a vote earlier this co-founded the group and became leader after the party took control of the authority in is now one of just three remaining members of the Boston Independents following the recent mass defections. According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Dorrian called the defectors "selfish beyond measure"."I wasn't brought down by voters – it was a group who chose betrayal over bravery, and cowardice over conversation," she leader Broughton responded that "14 out of 17 councillors can't be wrong".Gilbert described the spat as a "domestic issue for the Boston Independent group".Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices.
Free Malaysia Today
a day ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Poland's Tusk unveils new cabinet in bid to reverse decline
Donald Tusk's coalition has steadily declined in opinion polls since mid-2024. (AP pic) WARSAW : Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a cabinet reshuffle today in a bid to regain momentum amid falling approval ratings and potential clashes with the new, opposition-backed nationalist president. Since Karol Nawrocki's victory over Tusk's liberal ally Rafal Trzaskowski in June's presidential election, dissension within the ruling pro-European coalition has grown, raising doubt about its future under a veto-wielding head of state. Under the reshuffle, foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski was promoted to deputy prime minister while keeping his current post. 'We as a government need a very strong political figure in international relations,' Tusk told reporters. To consolidate oversight of economic affairs, Tusk announced a new super ministry combining finance and the economy to be headed by current finance minister Andrzej Domanski. 'The most important structural undertaking is building a viable financial and economic centre. There will be a single centre operating transparently and implementing a comprehensive economic policy,' Tusk said. Milosz Motyka from junior coalition party PSL will head a newly created energy ministry. A judge, Waldemar Zurek, was named to run the justice ministry as it seeks to shore up rule of law standards that critics say deteriorated under the previous nationalist government. Tusk's coalition has steadily declined in opinion polls since mid-2024. This month, the share of government opponents has risen to 48% while the government's support has held steady at 32%, the latest CBOS poll showed. Polls have traced the government's drop in popularity to public disenchantment with a lack of concrete achievements, with the opposition landing effective blows over a failure to stem undocumented migration into Poland. The reshuffle drew criticism from the main opposition Law and Justice party, which lost power in the 2023 election. 'Reconstruction means nothing other than the further destruction of Poland. Some incompetents were replaced by others,' the party's vice president, Mariusz Blaszczak, said in a post on X. Nawrocki, who will be sworn in as president on Aug 6, has questioned the coalition's pro-European, liberal agenda but said he is willing to accept moves to increase the tax-free pay threshold and deregulate parts of the economy. 'All laws that will be good for Poles will meet with my approval,' Nawrocki said in the televised interview on Monday. Tusk, in his remarks announcing the reshuffle, called on supporters not to despair after Nawrocki's presidential victory. 'No defeat, including the presidential election, justifies this mood or despair, this slackness, these thoughts of surrender… The time of post-election trauma definitely ends today,' the former European Council president said.
SBS Australia
2 days ago
- Politics
- SBS Australia
National Party's push to repeal Australia's net zero target
National Party's push to repeal Australia's net zero target Published 23 July 2025, 8:42 am A fresh push to dump Australia's net-zero targets has been launched from within the Nationals. Both coalition partners have begun meetings to determine a new climate policy, a broadside from the backbench igniting further speculation over the Nationals' leadership.
Fox News
2 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Actor who lost family members to intifada urges Mamdani to help NYC Jews feel safe
Arab-Jewish stage actor Ari'el Stachel urged New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to lean into the Jewish community and build coalitions to combat rising antisemitism, weeks after warning that, too often, hate is disguised as a virtue. "My encouragement to him is to continue to lean into the Jewish community and collaborate, which is why I made the video I made," Stachel told Fox News on Tuesday. His comments referenced an Instagram video he addressed to Mamdani last month. Its content was laced with concerns over antisemitism and urged the Democratic socialist to call out antisemitism specifically and denounce it. "I said, 'Listen, I relate to you. I'm a brown man who experienced Islamophobia my whole life, and now I'm experiencing antisemitism in a really scary way, and I want you to prioritize a coalition that makes it so that Jews will feel safe in this city if he becomes the mayor," he continued. He also extended an olive branch to Mamdani on Tuesday, telling co-hosts Bill Hemmer and Gillian Turner that he would be the "first person" to join him in fighting for unity if he manages to defeat incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and Republican challenger Curtis Sliwa in November. "My main message is that I'm here to fight for unity. I'm willing to work alongside him if he becomes the mayor…" he said. "For me, I've lived through hate my entire life. I experienced Islamophobia for my whole life. After 9/11, my dad was called Osama bin Laden, and so I lived through periods where individuals are targeted because of how they look, and I say 'no' to all of that, and I said 'no' to the antisemitism that is really frightening all over the streets of New York City right now." Fox News Digital previously reached out to the Mamdani campaign regarding Stachel's criticisms but received no response. While reluctant to condemn the phrase "globalize the intifada" during an interview with NBC's Kristen Welker last month, The New York Times recently reported that Mamdani, who has been highly critical of the state of Israel, told business leaders in the Big Apple that he would not use the phrase and that he would "discourage" others from doing so. Many interpret the phrase as a call for violence against Jewish people. Stachel, who shared that he lost family members to the intifada, said he feels "encouraged" to see Mamdani appear to denounce the phrase at last. "I want to protect against hate speech against any group, so for me, I am encouraged by the fact that he did denounce 'globalize the intifada,' – that was a situation that happened in Israel that killed members of my family, so I take it very personally," he said.
Free Malaysia Today
3 days ago
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
‘Clumsy' Japanese PM Ishiba's future in the balance
Shigeru Ishiba's plan for October elections backfired as his coalition faced its worst loss in 15 years. TOKYO : Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty-gritty of policy, cigarettes and making models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister could go up in smoke this weekend. Opinion polls suggest that Ishiba's coalition could lose its majority in upper house elections on Sunday, a result that might push him to resign. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has governed Japan almost continuously since 1955, but whether anyone wants to replace Ishiba is another matter. 'I wonder who else wants the job,' Masahisa Endo, politics professor at Waseda University, told AFP. Ishiba, 68, a self-confessed defence 'geek', is the son of a regional governor and is from Japan's small Christian minority. He won the party leadership in September, on his fifth try, to become the LDP's 10th separate prime minister since 2000, all of them men. Ishiba pledged to 'create a new Japan' and revitalise depressed rural regions and to address the 'quiet emergency' of Japan's shrinking population. He immediately called lower house elections for October, but that backfired spectacularly, with the LDP suffering its worst result in 15 years. That robbed the LDP and its coalition party Komeito of their majority, forcing them to bargain with opposition parties to pass legislation. Ishiba's policies on bringing down inflation and spurring growth have 'flip-flopped' as a result, said Stefan Angrick at Moody's Analytics. 'Ishiba's government has boxed itself in, promising only some belated and half-hearted financial support that will do little to improve the demand outlook,' Angrick said. The government's popularity ratings have plummeted, with voters angry about price rises, especially for rice that is twice as expensive as a year ago. Clumsy ways Ishiba, the father of two daughters, also missed a chance to appear more modern by appointing only two women to his cabinet, down from five under predecessor Fumio Kishida. Ishiba's sometimes clumsy ways – ranging from the less-than-perfectly tidy arrangement of his tuxedo to his table manners – have also been rich fodder for social media memes. He drew ridicule after being snapped apparently napping in parliament and for failing to stand up to greet other world leaders at a gathering in South America. Worse was a video that emerged of Ishiba eating an onigiri rice ball – a popular snack – whole and munching on it without closing his mouth. 'He eats like a three-year-old,' one user said on social media platform X. 'How could he have risen to the top with these manners?' asked another. No deal A major challenge has been dealing with US President Donald Trump, who has imposed tariffs on Japanese cars, steel and aluminium. Further levies of 25% on other Japanese imports will come into force on Aug 1 if there is no trade agreement. Ishiba secured an early invitation to the White House in February and has sent his tariffs envoy to Washington seven times, but there has been no deal yet. Then-premier Shinzo Abe – dubbed a 'Trump whisperer' – fared better during Trump's first term, managing to shield Japan from any tariffs. Abe, who was assassinated in 2022, gifted Trump a gold-coloured golf club and was a frequent visitor to see the US president. According to Trump, Abe even nominated him for the Nobel Prize. 'There will never be another like him,' he said after Abe's death.
