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The Green Party - An Comhaontas Glas is a green political party that operates in Ireland—both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes.

COP28: Huge rise in oil drilling expected from hosts UAE

COP28: Huge rise in oil drilling expected from hosts UAE
Dec 1,2023 7:11 pm

... " Sultan al-Jaber, as COP President and fossil CEO, must give the only right example now and come forward with a pledge to change Adnoc s future plans, " said Bas Eickhout, a member of the Green Party in the European Parliament...

Gaza: Gillian Keegan says school protests 'unacceptable'

Gaza: Gillian Keegan says school protests 'unacceptable'
Nov 17,2023 1:41 pm

... The Green Party s co-leader, Carla Denyer, who is also a local councillor, collected the petition during the event and told the crowd: " [Hamas ] atrocities do not in any way justify the level of bombardment of civilians, including many Gazan children, that has shocked the world...

Suffolk MP Therese Coffey says she nearly died due to stress

Suffolk MP Therese Coffey says she nearly died due to stress
Nov 14,2023 1:41 pm

... Rachel Smith-Lyte, East Suffolk Council s cabinet member for the environment, a member of the Green Party, added: " I m amazed she s been around as long as she has, both in terms of being environment minister, which is laughable, and as an MP for this area...

Four surprises that could upend the 2024 US election

Four surprises that could upend the 2024 US election
Nov 4,2023 9:11 pm

... In 2000, Green Party candidate Ralph Nader won 97,488 votes in Florida, helping to tip the swing state to George W Bush...

Can the SNP's independence plan change the union's future?

Can the SNP's independence plan change the union's future?
Oct 15,2023 6:41 pm

... The SNP s attempts, along with the Scottish Green Party, to use their current pro-independence majority at Holyrood to hold one have already been stymied by the UK government s refusal to grant consent, and by the that the Scottish Parliament does not have the right to do so alone...

Tories copying Reform UK rhetoric, not actions - Nigel Farage

Tories copying Reform UK rhetoric, not actions - Nigel Farage
Oct 7,2023 1:30 pm

... But the party -which campaigns for zero net migration, tax cuts for those on lower incomes and against net zero climate targets - has consistently been in fourth place in opinion polls at around 6%, just ahead of the Green Party...

Dale Vince: Major Labour donor to stop funding Just Stop Oil

Dale Vince: Major Labour donor to stop funding Just Stop Oil
Oct 6,2023 12:41 pm

... The company also donated £70,000 to the Liberal Democrats in 2015/16, and £30,000 to the Green Party in 2013...

Four Green MPs absolutely realistic - Carla Denyer

Four Green MPs absolutely realistic - Carla Denyer
Oct 6,2023 8:31 am

...By Sam FrancisPolitical reporter, BBC NewsWinning four seats at the next election is " absolutely realistic" despite pressure from Labour, the Green Party s co-leader has said...

News Daily: Volcano latest and election messages hammered home

Oct 5,2023 12:31 pm

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'No survivors' left on volcano island

as a result of the White Island Volcano eruption, with another eight missing. There are no signs of life, says New Zealand 's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern , with the focus having shifted to "recovery" of people's "loved ones". Police say 47 people were on The Island at the time, including 24 from Australia, nine Americans, five from New Zealand , four Germans, two from China And One from Malaysia. The UK High Commission says two British women are among those being treated. The First victim to be identified is tour guide Hayden Marshall-Inman, from nearby Whakatane. Another guide and fellow Kiwi, Tipene Maangi, 24 is among The Missing .

Party leaders focus on key messages

Party on the penultimate day of Election Campaigning . Prime Minister Boris Johnson will warn of the "danger" of another hung Parliament to Brexit and say a majority Tory government would "smash through the gridlock". Meanwhile, Labour promises a "relentless focus" on the NHS and says it has conducted analysis identifying hundreds of risks to patient safety classed as "catastrophic" or "extreme", most linked to spending, staff shortages or failures of privatisation.

It Comes after who had to sleep on a hospital floor. that proved the election was not over. Meanwhile his rival, Jeremy Corbyn , is under attack from former Labour peer Lord Sugar, Elsewhere, Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson will focus on the cost to government of Brexit in a speech later, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon will warn Scottish voters that Mr Johnson represents The Greatest danger to Scotland of any Conservative Prime Minister in Modern Times , while the Green Party is focusing on its pledge to cancel student debt. In other election coverage:

Aung San Suu Kyi at genocide trial

She's a Nobel Peace Prize winner who came to be seen as a symbol of Human Rights after spending years under House Arrest for promoting democracy. But Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will appear at The International Court of Justice later to defend her country against charges of genocide committed against its Rohingya Muslim minority. We ask - the military.

The qualified doctors the NHS can't hire

By Emma Jane Kirby, BBC News

"As much as I thank the UK for being a Safe Haven for me and giving me refuge, there's a feeling of incompleteness," Yemane, a 35-year-old from Eritrea, says quietly. "Because a refugee doesn't want to be a burden On Society and I know I could offer this society a lot More . "

Yemane has found work in a factory, as a care assistant, and as a volunteer in a refugee charity. He picks up the large tome on The Chair beside him and flicks through the pages. It's a book on pharmacology. He's soon absorbed in its pages. Because Yemane is actually a qualified Doctor - he's just not allowed to practice in the UK.

What the papers say

Images of White Island - the volcano off New Zealand that erupted as tourists visited its Crater - appear on most front pages, as and fears for eight More . The Times says British holidaymakers were among the injured. The Daily Express and Daily Mail report Boris Johnson 's suggestion the Conservatives could scrap the TV licence. Meanwhile, The Guardian says the Tories have been accused by Labour of falsely suggesting an aide was punched by an activist to distract from controversy over a report about a four-year-old treated on a hospital floor because of a lack of beds. The Daily Mirror says it has "another picture you won't want to look at, Mr Johnson".

Daily digest

Chilean Hercules 'disappears' with 38 on board

Surgeons withdraw support for treatment guidelines

Navy veteran 'forced out over sexuality' will get honour back

Power plant promises to go carbon negative

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Lookahead

09:00 Charges levelled at Myanmar of genocide against the minority Rohingya population to be heard at The International Court of Justice in The Hague , the Netherlands.

09:30 The Office for National Statistics releases its latest figures for UK Economic Growth , covering October.

On this day

1990 held for More Than four months after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

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