Tag: speech
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Labour to warn of ‘lost generation’ over school absences in King’s Speech debate
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Suella Braverman plan to stop tents for homeless people junked from Kings Speech
[ad_1] Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Home secretary Suella Braverman’s plan to restrict charities from giving out tents to homeless people has been junked from the King’s Speech by No 10. Rishi Sunak is uncomfortable with the language…
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Japan PM vows defense cooperation with Philippines in historic speech — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] Prime Minister Fumio Kishida became the first Japanese leader to address both chambers of the Philippine Congress on Saturday, underscoring a new phase in relations between the two Asian countries marked by territorial disputes with China. Calling the Philippines an “irreplaceable partner,” the Japanese prime minister said defense cooperation between the two nations, as…
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Supreme Court to hear NRA appeal in free speech lawsuit against former New York official
[ad_1] The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear an appeal from the National Rifle Association over comments made by a former New York state official who urged insurance companies and banks to discontinue their association with gun-promoting groups after the mass shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida. The high court will hear arguments…
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Poilievre on demonstrations about Israel-Hamas war, free speech
[ad_1] While speaking in St. John’s, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre responded to a question about whether he would bring back laws criminalizing the advocacy or promotion of terrorism that were in place under Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper. Poilievre didn’t discuss those laws, which are no longer on the books, but spoke to a difference…
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Nikki Haley Vows to Limit Free Speech to Combat Growing Anti-Israel Sentiment
[ad_1] The war in Israel has stirred up plenty of debate, from how much the United States should get involved, to the threat posed against American Jews and the American homeland in general, and whether a two-state solution was ever and will ever be a viable option in the region. Like many international issues of…
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‘Disappointing’: Biden’s Oval Office speech needed ‘more clarity’
[ad_1] Northeastern University Political Science Professor Max Abrahms says he found US President Joe Biden’s Oval Office speech today “disappointing” and wanted more clarity from it. “This is an extremely important and scary time for the United States and around the world and I was hoping for some more details,” Mr Abrahms told Sky New…
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Trump Criticizes Netanyahu and Israeli Intelligence in Florida Speech
[ad_1] Former President Donald J. Trump, who frequently paints himself as the fiercest defender of Israel to ever occupy the White House, on Wednesday criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech in Florida just days after deadly Hamas attacks rocked the country. Speaking to a crowd of supporters in West Palm Beach, a few…
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Bids to stifle freedom of speech in UK uni’s hurt the ‘vulnerable’ | UK | News
[ad_1] Professor Arif Ahmed, director for freedom of speech and academic freedom at the Office for Students (OfS), will give his first major speech at an event at King’s College London on Monday and set out his priorities for the role. His appointment by the Government earlier this year followed the Higher Education (Freedom of…
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Tory civil war as Priti Patel blasts Suella Braverman over migrant speech | Politics | News
[ad_1] Dame Priti Patel took aim at Suella Braverman’s migration speech as she suggested the Home Secretary was attention seeking. In an address in the US last week, Mrs Braverman argued that multiculturalism had “failed” and called for international treaties such as the UN Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) should…
