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HuffPost UKA Former Brexiteer MP Has A Stark Warning For Elon Musk Amid Claims He Will Give $100M To Reform UK
"No amount of money is going to make Nigel Farage popular with the people who he currently repels."
- The Guardian
Irish Greens virtually wiped out in general election rout
Junior coalition partner loses all but one of 12 seats, while gangland figure Gerry Hutch loses election bid
- The Telegraph
How Musk’s millions could make Farage the most powerful man in Britain
Nigel Farage can already lay claim to the title of most influential and successful politician in Britain today, having forced the biggest political change in a generation in the form of Brexit.
- Business Insider
Here's the state of the last uncalled House race and why it's important
Democrat Adam Gray currently has 105,083 votes, compared to 104,856 votes for Republican John Duarte, according to the California Secretary of State.
- Associated Press
Minnesota Republicans sue to force election rerun in tight House race where 20 ballots are missing
Minnesota Republicans filed a lawsuit Monday to try to force a rerun of a state House race where the incumbent Democrat won by 14 votes — but in which investigators concluded that election workers probably destroyed 20 valid absentee ballots after failing to count them. It's a race that could determine the balance of power in the Minnesota House, where leaders from both parties are working out the details of a power-sharing agreement that currently presumes a 67-67 tie when the Legislature convenes next month. A Republican victory in a special election could shift that balance to a two-vote, 68-66 GOP majority.
- The Telegraph
Political donations may be capped amid rumours Musk could gift £79m to Reform
Political donations could be capped under electoral reforms being considered by ministers, amid speculation that Elon Musk could make a £79 million donation to Reform UK.
- The Independent
Trump-pardoned filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza flamed for attacking Biden for pardoning son
D’Souza was pardoned for campaign finance violations in 2018
- The Telegraph
Trump picks Warren Stephens as ambassador to UK
Donald Trump has announced Warren Stephens, an investment banker, as his pick for the next US ambassador to the UK.
- HuffPost UK
Putin Is Trying To Stretch His Sphere Of Influence Far Beyond Ukraine. Is It Working?
Moldova, Georgia and Syria all appear to have struggled with Russia in some capacity lately.
- Manchester Evening News
Emmerdale's Mark Charnock chats to GMB about loneliness campaign
Emmerdale's Mark Charnock chats to GMB about loneliness campaign
- The Guardian
MPs back proportional representation system for UK elections in symbolic vote
Lib Dem proposal is passed by 137 votes to 135 with some Labour backbench support but is unlikely to become law
- The Independent
Who is Massad Boulos? What we know about Tiffany’s father-in-law and Trump’s pick for Middle East adviser
The Lebanese-American billionaire spent weeks during the campaign courting Arab-American and Arab voters
- Euronews
Romania comes to terms with new political reality despite victory of pro-European forces
The leftist Social Democrat party is set to win Romania's parliamentary elections, with far-right populists making significant gains.View on euronews
- Associated Press
Ireland's incumbent parties look likely to hang on to power after a fractured election
Ireland’s two long-dominant center-right parties looked likely to form a new government as results came in Sunday from a fractured national election, though with a reduced vote share and complex coalition negotiations ahead. In an exception to the global anti-incumbent mood, outgoing governing parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael took the two largest shares of the vote, narrowly ahead of left-of-center opposition Sinn Fein. Under Ireland's system of proportional representation, vote share does not translate neatly into seats in parliament.
- The Hill
Opinion - The one key lesson Trump should learn from FDR
Trump has been given permission by the voters to transform the federal government — and faces a similar challenge to Roosevelt’s in making sure his first move is the right move to deliver results quickly, to assure Americans that he is on the right path to deliver on his promise to Make America Great Again.
- Sky News
Donald Trump nominates billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens to be US ambassador to UK
US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens to be his ambassador to the UK. Mr Trump made the announcement in a post on social media, calling him "one of the most successful businessmen in the country". Mr Stephens is chairman, president, and CEO of Stephens Inc, a privately owned financial services company with its headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, according to the firm's website.
- HuffPost UK
Major Shock As MPs Back Move To Change The Voting System For Elections
A bill calling for the introduction of proportional representation has cleared its first parliamentary hurdle.
- Bloomberg
Romanian Mainstream Holds Off the Far Right for Election Win
(Bloomberg) -- Romania’s ruling Social Democrats won a parliamentary election, outpacing a surging nationalist group that had threatened to deliver a blow to the Black Sea nation’s political establishment. Most Read from BloombergAs Wars Rage, Cities Face a Dark New Era of Urban DestructionRiyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic JamsThe Social Democrats took about 22% of the vote on Sunday, with the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians behind at 18%, according to the
- Sky News
How Ireland voted in maps and charts
First preference vote shares in Ireland's election suggest Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are poised to continue their coalition, with Sinn Fein recording its first decline in support in 35 years. Fianna Fail's leader hailed his party's performance but said he would let the "dust settle" before attempting to form a new government. Following two days of counting, and with more than 100 of the 174 seats decided by Sunday evening, the return of an administration in which Fianna Fail and Fine Gael took the major role looks most likely.
- AFP
Romania heads for presidential run-off after top court greenlights first round
Romania's constitutional court on Monday validated the results of the first round of the November 24 presidential ballot won by a far-right outsider, paving the way for a run-off on Sunday between Calin Georgescu and a centrist mayor.Romania's top court has decided "to confirm and validate the results of the... first round, and to hold the second round... on 8 December," its president Marian Enache told reporters on Monday.