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Dick Cole is quitting Mebyon Kernow, which campaigns for greater self-rule for Cornwall, after 29 years at the helm There will be no great fanfare when Dick Cole steps down as party leader in a few days’ time. “We’ll have an official handover at our party conference,” Cole said. “Hopefully it will be a nice event. We’ll go to the pub afterwards and have a few beers. I expect I’ll breathe a big sigh of relief.” Continue reading...
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Britain cannot deal effectively with geopolitical crises without rejoining EU, says thinktank
‘Sovereignty without the ability to act on it is not autonomy,’ paper by Institute for Public Policy Research says Britain cannot deal effectively with geopolitical crises such as Russian aggression and political turmoil in the US without rejoining the EU, according to an influential thinktank. The Institute for Public Policy Research has become the latest organisation with ties to the Labour party to call for the UK to re-enter the bloc, after Andy Burnham said he wanted to examine all possible options. Continue reading...
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