The borough’s Labour Party – led by Councillor Chris Read – increased their majority by two seats, and now hold 33 seats on the council and remain the ruling party. They may have increased their majority, but it was not a landslide by any means – 30 seats are needed to take control of RMBC – meaning Labour are in power by just three seats. It was a better result for the party than the last election in 2021, which saw Labour lose 16 seats and narrowly cling on to control. However, it wasn’t as...
The borough’s Labour Party – led by Councillor Sir Steve Houghton CBE – held 17 seats on the council and remain the ruling party. Thirty-two seats are needed to take control of BMBC, and Labour have a clear majority with 48 councillors overall. The Conservatives lost one of their two seats to Labour, leaving them with just one councillor. They lost Penistone East, a traditional Tory stronghold, to Labour’s John Roberts. Councillor Roberts won the seat with a majority of just 156 votes, with...
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CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee who just falsely accused his opponents of running a “Gestapo” administration, will be back in a New York courtroom on Monday at his criminal trial — the first of an ex-president in history. The White House, meanwhile, is trying to defuse
Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee who just falsely accused his opponents of running a “Gestapo” administration, will be back in a New York courtroom on Monday at his criminal trial — the first of an ex-president in history. The White House, meanwhile, is trying to defuse the
Former President Donald Trump has empowered a fringe movement of Christian extremists known as the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), according to the Religion News Service.This movement has previously been flagged by scholars as a serious new political force preparing to flex its muscles in the 2024 election."This NAR movement runs like a golden thread through recent flashpoints of evangelical Christian support for Donald Trump, Christian nationalism and Christian extremism," said the report....
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ESHOWE - The eNCA election bus is in eShowe, KZN where residents are grappling with electricity outages, bad roads and water shortages.