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RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN ENGLISH TOWN FEEL ‘LEFT BEHIND’ Main Political Parties don’t care about us With just one week to go until Britons head to the polls, residents of a small northern town outside the metropolitan hub of Manchester said they felt apathetic about the July 4 election. Describing a declining community, 71-year-old hair salon owner Samuel Riley said Oldham has been “left behind” by the two main political parties in the UK – the governing Conservatives, and the opposition Labour party. “We’ve been left behind, greatly yes. We definitely have been left behind,” he said. Riley has owned his…

FAR-RIGHT’S STRONG RESULTS IN FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Marine Le Pen’s RN winning about 34 percent of the vote France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party has won a resounding victory in the first round of the country’s snap parliamentary elections. Pollsters IFOP, Ipsos, OpinionWay and Elabe showed Marine Le Pen’s RN winning about 34 percent of the vote. The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) coalition looked set to seal about 29 percent, and President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble alliance about 20.5 percent. The result puts RN in a position where it may start thinking hopefully about forming a government. However, forces…

AUSTRALIA LIMITS WHO CAN BUY, SELL VAPES; Residents Support More Regulation New vaping regulations in Australia came into force on Monday (July 1), moving e-cigarettes behind pharmacy counters in a bid to curb youth vaping. The laws, passed last week, will restrict vape sales to pharmacies and require customers to speak with the pharmacist before buying a vape. Those under 18 will need a prescription. The ruling Labor party was forced to water down a broader plan that would have limited sales to those with a medical prescription after opposition from Greens senators concerned it would restrict access for those…

HOUSE PRICES STILL UNAFFORDABLE FOR THE AVERAGE EARNER DESPITE WAGE RISES Nationwide Houses are unaffordable says the UK’s largest Building Society – Nationwide, and added that despite the rise in wages across the UK and house prices falling since the record high in 2022, buyers aren’t able to bridge the affordability gap. Buyers are finding that a greater proportion of their take-home pay is being allocated to mortgage costs, according to the lender’s House Price Index. The proportion of average UK income taken to fund the average Mortgage has risen from 30% to 37%, even with a deposit of around…

NIGEL FARAGE IS POSITIVE OF PARLIAMENTARY SEAT WIN– Nigel Farage is set to win his first seat in Britain’s Parliament Nigel Farage is quite certain of winning a seat in Britain’s parliament. He stated in an interview yesterday in Clacton-on-Sea that this is a ‘first significant step towards a much longer-term goal, which is aiming at 2029 (Britain’s next scheduled national election), but also is aiming at building a mass movement for common sense across the country.” Nigel Farage doesn’t rule out replacing the Conservatives or becoming a Conservative prime minister, however, he says that success in five year’s time would…

PAKISTANI CHRISTIANS PROTEST SENTENCING OF CHRISTIAN MAN OVER BLASPHEMY- Christian man, Ehsan Shan Masih, was sentenced to death Dozens of men and women from Pakistan’s minority Christian community staged a protest in Karachi on Tuesday (July 2) against the death sentence awarded by a court to a Christian man over blasphemy charges. A court in the city of Sahiwal in Punjab province on Saturday (June 29) sentenced a Christian man, Ehsan Shan Masih, to death for sharing blasphemous content on social media after a mob attacked on Christians last year. Masih’s lawyer can appeal against the verdict in a higher…

DUTCH RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT INSTALLED AS WILDERS’ SHADOW LOOMS LARGE Anti-Islam Party takes the reigns in the Netherlands Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders saw ministers from his party sworn in for the first time, as the Netherlands’ new right-wing government was installed almost a year after the previous administration resigned. Right-wing leader Wilders, the clear winner of last year’s general election, will not be part of the government himself, but his shadow will loom large as he continues to lead his Freedom Party from parliament. Wilders, who was convicted for discrimination after he insulted Moroccans at a campaign rally in 2014,…

VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT AGAIN IN NAIROBI Protestors call for more demonstrations Kenyan riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi on Tuesday (July 2), with some activists arrested and at least two sustaining injuries. Demonstrations erupted in cities across the country as activists demanded the resignation of President William Ruto, following a week of deadly clashes in anti-tax protests. One woman was handed water as she sat on the pavement bleeding from the head, with those surrounding her trying to soak up some of the blood. A man was carried by several protesters towards an ambulance van. President Ruto,…

SAINSBURY’S REPORTS A SLOWDOWN IN SALES – Trading at the business was hit by wet spring weather Sainsbury’s has reported a slowdown in sales after the soggy spring weather hit trading at its Argos business. The UK’s second-largest supermarket said it had seen strong food sales, but the wet weather hit demand for garden equipment and outdoor furniture at Argos. Cost of living pressures also hit non-food sales, and Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts said he expected consumers to remain cautious until interest rates start to fall. Sainsbury’s said Sales were up 3% in the 16 weeks to 22 June, but…

GOVERNORS CONCERNED FOR BIDEN-Governors admit worries but rally behind Biden after meeting: ‘We have his back A group of leading Democratic governors offered words of support for Joe Biden on Wednesday as pressure mounted on the president to leave the race. The governors, including Tim Walz of Minnesota, Wes Moore of Maryland, Gavin Newsom of California and Kathy Hochul of New York, held a closed-door meeting with Biden in Washington as he sought to reassure his party – and the public – that he is up to the job after a shaky debate performance. Biden met for more than an hour at the…