Writing the summary…
Burnham rules out deal with Greens as he condemns ‘Zionism is racism’ policy as ‘antisemitic’– UK politics live
Source: The Guardian
Original reporting
The Guardian: read the full reportRelated stories
The Guardian
UK government apologises for past burials of stillborn babies in mass graves
Yvette Cooper acknowledges ‘unthinkable pain’ caused by practice between 1930s and 1980s after campaign by Wirral woman and others The health secretary, Yvette Cooper, has issued a “profound apology” for the “unthinkable pain” caused to parents whose stillborn babies were buried in mass graves. Parents spent decades not knowing where their babies were buried, owing to a practice in which stillborn babies were taken from mothers at hospital and buried in communal graves. Continue reading...
The Guardian
Nigel Farage says charities that help asylum seekers reach UK should be prosecuted
Reform leader did not say who should be targeted but party figures have been critical of small boat rescues by RNLI Charities and volunteers who help asylum seekers get to the UK should face potential criminal prosecution, Nigel Farage has said in an interview with a rightwing US podcaster. While the Reform UK leader did not specify which organisations should be targeted, he and other senior Reform figures have been heavily critical of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), which has faced a campaign of intimidation for its work in rescuing asylum seekers in the Channel. Continue reading...
NPR Politics2 outlets
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns following misconduct allegations
President Trump has forced out his ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle. She faced allegations of misconduct before and during her tenure at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, which she has denied.
NPR Politics
Civil rights advocates plan to send thousands of observers to midterm polling places
For many election cycles, civil rights groups and political parties have fanned out to monitor polling places, but the charged midterm environment has many organizations stepping up efforts this year.
NPR Politics
In Kansas, a newly competitive Senate race tests limit of Trump's unpopular policies
Kansas voters could send a Democrat to the Senate for the first time in nearly a century — and flip the governor's office back to Republican control, even in what could be a tough year for the GOP.
NPR Politics
Former White House ethics lawyer on Kimberly Guilfoyle's alleged ethics violations
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter about the ethics allegations facing former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, who resigned Tuesday.