Record number of women to stand in general election
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-16
A record number of women are set to stand in next month's general election.Provisional analysis by the PA news agency shows that 1,120 female candidates have registered — 34% of the total.This is the highest proportion of women candidates in a general election in history, up from 29% in 2017 and 26% in 2015.More than half of all Labour's candidates are women — a first for a major political party in the UK.(PA Graphics)By contrast, about three in 10 of those standing for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are women.The overall number of candidates in December's poll is currently 3,322.This is a…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/16/record-number-of-women-to-stand-in-general-election/
Record number of women to stand in general election
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-16
A record number of women are set to stand in next month's general election.Provisional analysis by the PA news agency shows that 1,120 female candidates have registered — 34% of the total.This is the highest proportion of women candidates in a general election in history, up from 29% in 2017 and 26% in 2015.More than half of all Labour's candidates are women — a first for a major political party in the UK.(PA Graphics)By contrast, about three in 10 of those standing for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are women.The overall number of candidates in December's poll is currently 3,322.This is a…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/16/record-number-of-women-to-stand-in-general-election/
ALBA-TCP Debates Coup in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
The political council of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) is debating Thursday in Nicaragua about the coup against President Evo Morales in Bolivia. | RELATED: | Bolivia: United Nations Sends Mediator to Help Overcome Crisis | "The issue of electoral fraud, the run-off vote, the next elections were all a pretext invented by the Bolivian right in order to carry out the coup," Bolivia's Foreign Minister Diego Pary said. | He a…
telesurenglish.net/news/ALBA-TCP-Debates-Coup-in-Bolivia-20191114-0017.html
Mitch McConnell Faces Threat From Populist Challenger Charles Booker in Kentucky Senate Race
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-11-11
Sen. Mitch McConnell faces a new 2020 threat, as Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker announced the formation of an exploratory committee on Monday. McConnell, the Senate majority leader, is already being challenged by Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath, who ran and lost a winnable race for a Lexington-area House seat in 2018. | In the Democratic primary, Booker, who backs progressive policies like a Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and a living wage, plans to run as a contrast to McGrath, who is running more to the center or the center-right. | In a 2018 run for Congress, her opponent, Rep. Andy Barr, made devastat…
theintercept.com/2019/11/11/mitch-mcconnell-2020-election-charles-booker/