Tag: Rishi Sunak
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“Change begins now,” Labour’s Keir Starmer on winning UK elections
Keir Starmer from Britain’s Labour has pledged to change UK as the next Prime Minister after his party won big in parliamentary elections on Friday, putting an end to 14 years of Conservative rule in the country. “The Labour Party has won this general election, and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him…
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UK PM Sunak calls general election for July 4
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation but not the doom-laden forecasts about the size of the government’s expected defeat. The poll will be the first time Sunak, 44, faces the public while in charge, after he was appointed leader of the largest…
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UK parliament debates law phasing out smoking
London, United Kingdom – The UK parliament on Tuesday kicked off its first debate on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s planned flagship legislation to prevent young people from smoking, despite opposition from many in his own Conservative Party. The law would ban the selling of tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009 –- effectively raising the…
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Zahid Ahmed calls Netanyahu ‘terrorist’; Instagram deletes post
Pakistani actor Zahid Ahmed is not happy with Instagram after the social media site deleted his post about supporting Palestinians in their struggle against genocide. Zahid Ahmed wrote a message on Instagram, telling everyone that the site took down his earlier post. “Never thought this would happen to me, Instagram deleted my last post in…
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UK’s Rishi Sunak said Britain should ‘let people die’ during Covid
A recent inquiry into Britain’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that Rishi Sunak believed that the government should “just let people die” rather than impose a second national lockdown. The concerning statement by Rishi Sunak was quoted in a hearing on Monday about UK’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic that shut down large…
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Muslim dating app ‘Muzz App’ offers to pay legal fee of woman detained for calling Rishi Sunak coconut
A woman in England went viral on social media when she was spotted at a pro-Palestine protest in London with a poster that labelled British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and now-sacked Home Secretary Suella Braverman ‘coconuts.’ She was arrested by the Met Police and charged with passing ‘hateful remarks’. Coconut, commonly used by people of…
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‘I grieve with you and stand with you’; British PM visits Israel
British prime minister Rishi Sunak landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday morning to meet his counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu and President Herzog. He wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “I am in Israel, a nation in grief. I grieve with you and stand with you against the evil that is terrorism. Today, and always.” I am…
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A man is a man and a woman is a woman, says Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak stated that it was “common sense” that “a man is a man and a woman is a woman.” On Wednesday, the British Prime Minister shared his stance on gender identity at a conference speech. “We shouldn’t be bullied into believing that people can be any sex they want to be, they can’t. A…
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British Prime Minister bans American dog breed
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said on Friday that American XL Bully dogs will be banned in the UK after a spate of dangerous attacks. The British Prime Minister expressed hope that the breed of dangerous dogs will be banned by the end of this year. In a video statement released on social media,…
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Imran cites British PM Rishi Sunak fine for not wearing seatbelt as ‘rule of law’
British Prime Minister (PM) Rishi Sunak was fined by the police on Friday for not wearing a seatbelt in the car while filming a social media video. Lancashire Police announced on Twitter that they have issued Sunak “with a conditional offer of fixed penalty”. In the video that went viral on Thursday, the seatbeltless Conservative leader speaks…