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But not all her followers were as willing to raise a glass to fair political representation. After posting the 15-second video, she said she woke up with more than 600 comments. She said at least 200 comments were racist and xenophobic, and one threatened with an official complaint to Labour. Dr Alex added: “I am not a stranger to racist and xenophobic comments, but the volume of it is huge. “I sometimes wonder, if a British citizen became a councillor in Romania, whether they would get the...

Stage set for Morva-Hadaf bypoll in Gujarat on Sat ​ By IANS | ​ 2 Views   Gandhinagar, April 17 : Amid the huge surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in Gujarat, bypoll to the Morva-Hadaf Assembly constituency (ST) will be held on Saturday. Considering the prevailing situation of rising Covid cases in the state in April, the opposition Congress had requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to defer the polls. "We had asked the ECI to postpone the elections, just like the State El...

Fahnie S. Kollie On March 8 of every year, the world usually gathers to reflect and celebrate womens achievements. People around the globe dress in purple, green, and white to celebrate how far women have come in society and how they’ve accomplished so much in different spheres of life including politics, business, health, science, education, technology, etc. Liberia will on Monday join the rest of the world to celebrate this years IWD under the theme: “Choose To Challenge”. I ha...

Share On March 8 of every year, the world usually gathers to reflect and celebrate women’s achievements. People around the globe dress in purple, green, and white to celebrate how far women have come in society and how they’ve accomplished so much in different spheres of life including politics, business, health, science, education, technology, etc. By Fahnie S. Kollie, Advocate for Girls and Children Liberia will on Monday join the rest of the world to celebrate this year’s IWD under the...

Amending the system February 12, 2021 The PTI government has recently introduced the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill in the National Assembly, which sparked a fiery debate in the House and saw, to the surprise of many, incomprehensible denunciation of the amendment by the Opposition. Please note that this is an amendment that aims at parliamentary electoral reforms and is expected to benefit not only the ruling political party, but also the entire electoral system of Pakistan, and is a ste...

Collins pledges to put National candidates in as many of the Māori seats as possible Newshub 31/01/2021 © Image - Getty; Video - Newshub Watch the announcement. National has not run candidates in Māori seats since 2002, but thats going to change as leader Judith Collins pledges to have contenders in "as many of the Māori seats as possible" at the next election.  "National has been absent from the Māori electorate contest for too long," Collins said on Monday at Nationals caucus retrea...

Collins vows to never be made to feel bad about her ethnicity as National looks to diversify Newshub 1/02/2021 © Newshub Watch the National Partys press conference. Judith Collins has vowed to "never be made to feel bad" about her Pākehā ethnicity as National embarks on a mission to diversify, pledging to run in the Māori seats in 2023.  Collins has courted controversy in the past for describing herself as a "woman of colour", and saying she was "sick of being demonised" for her Pākeh...

Downstate progressive Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly will fight for decarceration of New York prisons and immigration reform next year, they said Tuesday, citing the party’s new Senate supermajority as the momentum lawmakers need to move their agenda forward. Nearly 20 progressive legislators threw support Tuesday behind a proposed legislation package they dubbed the Justice Roadmap 2021 agenda to protect communities of color and immigrants from unjust imprisonment and deportat...

Downstate progressive Democrats in the state Senate and Assembly will fight for decarceration of New York prisons and immigration reform next year, they said Tuesday, citing the party’s new Senate supermajority as the momentum lawmakers need to move their agenda forward. Nearly 20 progressive legislators threw support Tuesday behind a proposed legislation package they dubbed the Justice Roadmap 2021 agenda to protect communities of color and immigrants from unjust imprisonment and deportat...