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Jacinda Ardern is sued amid claims the New Zealand coronavirus lockdown is for political gain

Two applicants made multiple claims against New Zealand's Prime Minister at Auckland High Court on Thursday.




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'It's fiction of course': Former deputy Labour leader Tom Watson unveils plans for political novel

The ex-West Bromwich East MP will write The House, a tale of 'ambition and failure, trust and betrayal' after signing up with publisher Little, Brown.




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Sir Keir Starmer refuses to say if he is politically closer to Tony Blair or Jeremy Corbyn

Sir Keir Starmer today refused to say whether he is politically closer to Tony Blair or Jeremy Corbyn as he said Labour must learn lessons from its last four general election defeats and not just 2019.




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Tony Abbott takes swipe at Malcolm Turnbull during political conference in Sydney

Former prime minister Tony Abbott on Friday revealed one of his daughters was 'soon to take up a position in the Australian embassy in Beijing'.




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Hillary Clinton appalled by Facebook political ad policy

Hillary Clinton slammed Facebook's political advertisement policy, saying it is 'appalling' that voters are being misinformed by potentially false information ahead of the 2020 election.




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How will children ever grow up if schools won't let them take risks? A passionate attack on politically correct nannying by the inspirational teacher sacked for allowing pupils to go

Richard Tremelling was sacked after allowing two 15-year-old boys from his GCSE class to ride on a sledge in the snow as part of a practical technology lesson.




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PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Hijacking the Tate pusher tragedy to score political points is simply appalling

AMANDA PLATELL: As revealed in the Mail yesterday, the man who threw the child to what he hoped would be his death, Jonty Bravery, had warned, even bragged of, his plans.




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Was Cyprus gang-rape case verdict politically motivated?

Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades in Athens today to sign off on a $6bn EastMed pipeline deal, just days after the high-profile gang-rape case concluded.




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MPs have decided they know better than the public, says political author DOUGLAS MURRAY 

In the Saturday Essay, DOUGLAS MURRAY warns that Britain is being forced into remaining a member of the European Union by a political class that never wanted to do Brexit.




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LORD ASHCROFT: The public's verdict on our political class? They waver between fury and contempt

My latest research looks at the fundamentals: how voters have reacted to the drama not just of the past few weeks but the years since the EU referendum.




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Bill Cosby calls himself an 'educator and political prisoner' and takes aim at 'fake news'

Despite serving a prison term in Pennsylvania, Bill Cosby, 82, or someone on his behalf, took to Twitter do decry the mainstream US press and urge his followers to support black media outlets.




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The real political vandals are the out of touch MPs blocking Brexit

Make no mistake, this is a catastrophic defeat. Indeed, in living memory, it is an unparalleled embarrassment for a serving British premier.




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Advert snub for 'political' pro-Brexit animal charity

ANDREW PIERCE looks at how the Economist bosses rejected a 'political' Brexit animal advert, Heseltine welcoming the Government's defeat in Commons & other stories.




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Chinese diplomat crashes political event and praises China amid coronavirus crisis

Victorian China Consul-General Zhou Long arrived alongside billionaire miner Andrew Forrest at the official ministerial event in Melbourne on Wednesday evening.




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ALEX BRUMMER: IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva fails political test

Georgieva scratched at an old wound when she said that the UK should seek an extension beyond the transition period for leaving the EU. Brussels gave the Bulgarian her job and she has not forgotten.




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Industry titans, political figures, sports stars and an ex-bikie at the Australian Open final

A who's who of Australian celebrity identities flocked to Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on Sunday to see Serbian Novak Djokovic take on Austrian Dominic Thiem on Australian tennis' biggest night.




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Albania claim players were assaulted by fans, stewards and police in Serbia after drone flies political flag over pitch

Albania claim their players were assaulted by fans, stewards and police in Belgrade at the now-infamous Euro 2016 qualifier against Serbia which was abandoned after the violent scenes.




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Albania awarded victory in Euro 2016 qualifier with Serbia abandoned due to violence sparked by political banner

Albania have been awarded a victory over Serbia by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after a Euro 2016 qualifier was abandoned when a drone with a political banner flew into the stadium.




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Reddit will track and publicly display all political ad spending on its platform for the first time

In addition to the detailng who is placing ads on the platform, the subreddit lists amount of money spent, as well as how many impressions the ad made and also where it's being targeted.




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Big B not hosting any political event: Abhishek Bachchan

However, there are reports that R Madhavan, and not Amitabh Bachchan, would be hosting the event




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Modi interacts with political leaders as buzz to extend lockdown grows

The interaction comes as Indian enters the third week of the 21-day nationwide shutdown




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As Covid-19 takes centre stage, crucial political matters await resolution

Even if the pandemic's curve flattens out, governments are in for a long haul because the economic and social costs are far too enormous to be recompensed in the short run




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COVID-19: China's socialist political system has shown it can overcome any challenge: Prez Xi

Mounting a strong defence of the ruling Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping has said the COVID-19 fight has once again shown that the CPC leadership and the country's socialist political system can overcome any challenge. Xi's comments came as China faced global criticism for its initial inaction to act against the novel coronavirus, which according to Chinese officials emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year. Pressure is also mounting on Beijing to agree for an international probe on the origins of the vicious virus, including from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), as claimed by the US leadership. China curbed the spread of the coronavirus in over a month and brought COVID-19 under control at its first epicentre in Wuhan in about three months, Xi, also the General Secretary of the CPC, said at a symposium held on Friday to get suggestions from non-ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) parties on COVID-19 prevention and control. He termed the




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Opinion: How the Democratic Left Uses Moralism as a Political Weapon

Wonder Land: Progressives invented moral trumping as a political weapon against their enemies. Now they’ve exhausted it. Images: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty images Composite: Mark Kelly




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Civil society and political parties


Third in a series of articles on civil society and governance, Jayaprakash Narayan says that political parties have to be transformed and maintains that visions of partyless democracy are unalloyed idealism.




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Ishrat Jahan case: Is the political furore skirting the core issue?


The Ishrat Jahan case has again hit the headlines with former home minister P Chidambaram being accused of rewriting an affidavit to prove the 19-year-old’s innocence. Ramesh Menon presents a recap and investigates where things stand now.




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Political courage, and the next step


Permitting Musharraf to sell the notion that what could not be wrested from India in a decade and half long jihad has been obtained through diplomacy can help with this. Doing so would deflate the legitimacy that jihadi forces seek from their presence in Kashmir, says Firdaus Ahmed.




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Unleashing Political Renaissance By Rejecting Patriarchy


Boregaon is a small village in Solapur district of Maharashtra where men have shunned the patriarchal mindset to support women’s political empowerment and gender equality, writes Suchismita Pai.




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Challenges of the brass in a political minefield


A recent announcement by the army chief that officers of all ranks of the army will donate a day’s pay to the PM’s relief fund for Kashmir floods has triggered an interesting exchange, throwing light on the broader trends of politicisation within the military. Firdaus Ahmed has more.




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Political expediency in journalism


The media is partisan and the government corrupt. In this environment, the committed reporter has no choice but to go out and investigate with a hidden camera. But such sting operations are not a substitute for investigative reporting; as a result even serious revelations are quickly forgotten, says Arun Sadhu.




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Covid-19: China's socialist political system has shown it can overcome any challenge, says President Xi




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Shobhaa De: Politically incorrect




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Scientist’s Death, Threat to PM: Meenakshi Lekhi’s Fiction Book is Thriller That Lays Bare Political Divides

The novel begins with the death of a scientist, who warns a woman politician in new Delhi about the impending danger to the life of Raghav Mohan, who is the beloved Prime Minister of the country.




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Lankan Tamils raise release of political prisoners issue with PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

A delegation of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), Sri Lanka's main Tamil party, met the prime minister on Monday for a separate discussion on the prisoners issue after attending an all-party meeting convened by Mahinda Rajapaksa.




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K'taka CM's Political Secretary Stages Stir with Supporters over Quarantined Foreigners at Resort

The agitation continued till late in the evening and despite local police officer’s intervention, MLA SR Vishwanath and his men left the spot only after the civic body was compelled to shift the foreigners to another facility.




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Polls or Fresh Oath? Sena Readies Strategy Amid Fears of Political Crisis in Maharashtra Due to Guv Impasse

For Uddhav Thackeray to continue as the CM of Maharashtra, he will have to become a member of the legislature before May 28. That is when his six-month-old term ends.




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TMC Dubs IMCT 'India's Most Callous Team' and Says They're Visiting Bengal to Spread Political Virus

The central teams have been visiting hospitals and quarantine centres and meeting officials in Kolkata and Siliguri.




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Uddhav Phones PM Modi on Attempt to 'Create Political Instability' as His CM Post Hangs in Balance

Thackeray will cease to be the Maharashtra CM if he is not a member of the legislative council by May 28, when he completes six months in office.




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Don't Use Coronavirus Pandemic as Political Opportunity: BJP Tells Congress

The BJP's response came after the Congress accused the Centre of "cruelly" and "mercilessly" abandoning the entire category of migrant labourers and termed "a cruel joke" the order on inter-state movement of workers.




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Pandemics Make People Less Willing to Experiment. Here's How it May Sway Political Affiliations in Bihar

Studies show that the fear of contagion leads individuals to become more conservative and less accepting of experimentation. They prefer quietly falling in line, however long, rather than taking on eccentricity.




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Seven Political Parties Write to President Ram Nath Kovind over Labour Law Dilution

Workers are being treated as slaves, said the letter signed by CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI's D Raja, CPI (ML)'s Dipankar Bhattarcharya and RJD MP Manoj Jha among others.




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Dulquer Salmaan Collaborates with Joy Mathew for a Political Thriller

A joint venture of Dulquer Salmaan’s Wayfarer Films and Joy Mathew’s Abra Films, the film will be directed by Mathew.




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China's Socialist Political System Has Shown It Can Overcome Any Challenge: President Xi Jinping On Covid-19

President Xi Jinping's comments came as China faced global criticism for its initial inaction to act against the novel coronavirus




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Sensex plunges 245 points on political uncertainty in Karnataka

The BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled over 245 points in early session on Wednesday amid uncertainty over government formation in Karnataka and sustained foreign fund outflows. The 30-share index was trading lower by 245.23 points, or 0.69%, at 35,298.71. On Tuesday,




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The Struggle for Political Liberty. By Chrystal Macmillan, M.A., B.Sc. (A Lecture given on Februarry 16th, 1909, the day of the Opening of Parliament.).

[London?] : [s.n.], [1909]




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The political philosophy of Fénelon [Electronic book] / Ryan Patrick Hanley.

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.




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Political leadership and the European Commission presidency [Electronic book] / Henriette Müller.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.




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Political institutions and practical wisdom : between rules and practice [Electronic book] / Maxwell A. Cameron.

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.




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The political foundations of judicial independence in dictatorship and democracy [Electronic book] / Brad Epperly.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.




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Oxford studies in political philosophy. Volume 6 [Electronic book] / David Sobel, Peter Vallentyne, and Steven Wall.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.