Election Q&A with Sophie Broadbent – the Green candidate for Hove and Portslade – Brighton and Hove News

Six candidates are standing for election to parliament to represent the Hove and Portslade constituency on Thursday 4 July 2024. The six candidates are Sophie Broadbent (Green), Carline Deal (Conservative), Martin Hess (Reform UK), Peter Kyle (Labour), Tanushka Marah (Independent) and Michael Wang (Liberal Democrat). Each candidate answered questions submitted …

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Why the royals call their fathers ‘Papa’: Centuries-old term has been used by Edward VIII, Charles and now George, Charlotte and Louis for William – but expert says it is a ‘class thing’

For centuries, it has just been the done thing: the royals call their father’s ‘Papa’. The 11-year-old Princess Elizabeth did it in adorable fashion when she wrote for her mother and father an account of their 1937 Coronation.  King Charles referred to his father Prince Philip as ‘my dearest Papa’ …

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ALEX BRUMMER: London risks its fizz over Britvic

By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 16:51 EDT, 21 June 2024 Britvic has long appeared an anachronism. Down at the Druids Head in Brighton, for as long as I can remember, it sold orange juice in the smallest bottles for the highest prices. One often mused as to …

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Election Q&A with Tanushka Marah – the Independent candidate for Hove and Portslade – Brighton and Hove News

Six candidates are standing for election to parliament to represent the Hove and Portslade constituency on Thursday 4 July 2024. The six candidates are Sophie Broadbent (Green), Carline Deal (Conservative), Martin Hess (Reform UK), Peter Kyle (Labour), Tanushka Marah (Independent) and Michael Wang (Liberal Democrat). Each candidate answered questions submitted …

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Royal Mail owner faces £878m claim for abusing dominance

Royal Mail owner International Distribution Services has been served with an £878m collective action claim relating to its anti-competitive behaviour in the bulk mail market. The claim has been filed on behalf of Bulk Mail Claim Ltd (BMCL), which represents an estimated 290,000 class members who were overcharged as a …

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For a political struggle against Canada Post and the Trudeau Liberal government! Stop CUPW’s sellout of our contract struggle!

The following statement was discussed and adopted at a recent meeting of Canada Post workers. It follows extensive discussions with several dozen postal workers who have contacted the World Socialist Web Site over recent months, including an April meeting at which a resolution calling for the establishment of a rank-and-file …

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Post Office system not a scandal, insists ex-union boss

The Post Office’s Horizon system is “very robust” and the only scandal is that the company failed to properly defend it, according to a man tasked with representing sub-postmasters. George Thomson, the former leader of the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters (NFSP), told a long-running inquiry: “The Horizon system is not …

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King and Queen’s Royal Ascot runner is a longshot

Charles and Camilla joined thousands of racegoers for an afternoon of racing and invited family and friends to watch the action on the turf. Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, and Lord Frederick Windsor and his wife, actress Sophie Winkleman, were in the traditional carriage procession, along with …

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