By Pan Pylas | Associated Press LONDON — Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local election results Friday, further cementing expectations that the Labour Party will return to power after 14 years in a U.K. general election that will take place in the coming months. Labour won control of councils in England that … Read more
Over the last year, many climate protesters facing trial for criminal damage have used the “consent” defence, arguing that if the property owner had known more about the climate emergency, they would have agreed with the activists’ actions. On Monday, in a case brought by the attorney general, Victoria Prentis, the court of appeal ruled … Read more
The Liberals have delayed expanding medical assistance in dying for mental illness until after the next election. But if Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wins, he says he will scrap the plan altogether. “We will revoke (an expansion) entirely,” Poilievre said at a news conference Thursday in Vancouver after the Trudeau government punted the move until … Read more
The Conservative Party has formally requested the public inquiry into foreign interference zero in on Iranian influence in Canada. “We want the commission to follow the evidence and make sure that we hear specifically from those repressed Iranian voices here,” said Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman on Wednesday. A day earlier, Conservative party lawyer Nando … Read more
When Michelle Mone sat down for an interview with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg last month it was against the backdrop of serious allegations that she had been facing since 2020. Mone and her husband, the Isle of Man-based businessman Doug Barrowman, are the subjects of a long-running National Crime Agency investigation into allegations of bribery … Read more
A church nativity scene which features two mothers of the Baby Jesus, instead of the conventional Mary and Joseph figurines, has sparked anger among conservative Catholics and politicians in Italy. Nativity scenes are popular in the largely Catholic country, but in recent years they have been increasingly mired in culture wars as its society becomes … Read more
