I have long been one of the UK's few political advocates for bitcoin. London and the UK have served as a center of global finance, and the country should aim to serve as a global hub for the crypto industry.
Reform has today reported the many cases of 'family voting' to the electoral commission and the police. What was witnessed yesterday is deeply concerning and raises serious questions about the integrity of the democratic process in predominantly Muslim areas. If this is what was happening at polling stations, just imagine the potential for coercion with postal votes.
Church House has provided a veneer of spiritual legitimacy to Reform's anti-migrant and anti-Muslim politics, and their cynical scapegoating. As followers of Jesus, we must refuse to let the architecture of [the venue be used as a moral backdrop for policies that contradict the very heart of the Christian faith].
If Labour wins in what has been an over-50% solid red-voting area since the second world war, that will calm nerves on its febrile back (and front) benches. If Labour loses, heavy blame will fall on Keir Starmer for fixing the party's ruling NEC to bar Andy Burnham's selection, ensuring he couldn't challenge for the leadership without a Westminster seat.
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Labour won more than half the vote here just 18 months ago, but since then MP Andrew Gwynne was suspended after offensive text messages he had sent were published and he has now resigned from parliament. The region's mayor Andy Burnham saw this contest as an opportunity - a route back to Westminster and perhaps even the Labour leadership. But Burnham was blocked by Keir Starmer and Labour's ruling committee.
A close aide to Nigel Farage, Cottrell served several months in a US prison after being convicted there in 2017 for wire fraud a chapter in his life he referred to at his book launch party on Thursday night. Farage was among the guests at the luxury hotel Raffles on Whitehall, along with many senior members of Reform UK, but for once the party's leader was content to let the spotlight fall on Cottrell and his co-author Lawrence Burke Files.
