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Alternative Queen's Speech in full as campaigners demand Boris Johnson clean up politics

Ahead of the speech, a coalition of campaign groups set out its own wish list for strengthening British democracy

Daily Mirror

The Return of the State by Graeme Garrard review – why big government is back

The pandemic has showed that everyone needs the state, but how can it continue to meet our needs in an era of mega-corporations?

The Guardian - UK

Siniora to Asharq Al-Awsat: Boycott of Parliamentary Elections Hands Lebanon over to Hezbollah

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is racing against time to persuade Sunnis to take part in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which kicked off with expatriate voting on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Democratic megadonor Soros puts $1 million into Abrams' campaign

ATLANTA — Days after Stacey Abrams qualified to run for governor in March, a super PAC funded by billionaire megadonor George Soros put $1 million into her campaign, according to campaign finance reports.

Tribune News Service

Council move against anti-Angus Taylor signs goes against third-party rights, legal experts say

Order to remove Vote Angus Out community group’s election signs in Hume came after complaint from Liberal incumbent’s office

The Guardian - AU

Hyperlocal parties steal the show as Labour hold eight Greater Manchester councils, but fail to make progress in local elections

What you need to know following results across the region

Manchester Evening News

Anne Salmond - Tiriti and Democracy, Part 6: Property

In the final part of her series on Te Tiriti and Democracy, Dame Anne Salmond examines the Māori and western views of land and 'property'

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North Tyneside's first black councillor speaks of pride after landslide victory

Benton's new Labour councillor said she wanted all children in the diverse ward to feel represented and promised to work hard for her constituents

Chronicle Live

Will Democrats waste this moment?

The GOP is so outside of the mainstream that Democrats have an opportunity to save themselves before the midterms

Salon

Keep laughing at Trump: See what happens

It was funny when Trump couldn't tell his bootlicking acolytes apart. After the SCOTUS leak: You still laughing?

Salon

Unless Democrats start fighting like they mean it, they’re going to lose Congress

We are engaged in an existential battle over the identity of this nation. The Biden administration’s tepid midterm strategy is failing

The Guardian - US

China installing former security chief as Hong Kong leader

China is installing a career security official as the new leader of Hong Kong in the culmination of a sweeping political transformation that has gutted any opposition in the Asian financial center and placed it ever more firmly under Beijing’s control

The Independent UK

Commentary: What I learned in Kyiv

I returned on Monday from traveling to Ukraine with a congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. We met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his top national security team in Kyiv for almost three hours.

Los Angeles Times

Australian Electoral Commission struck by regional workforce shortages in Victoria

With polling day just weeks away, the Australian Electoral Commission is struggling to fill rolls in regional Victoria due to a shortage of workers.

ABC News

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The Independent UK

GOP works to get out the vote after calling elections rigged

Republicans who embraced discredited conspiracy theories about Donald Trump's 2020 defeat and preached skepticism about elections now need their supporters to trust the system enough to vote for them

Foreign Affairs

The Trouble With “the Free World”

Why It’s a Bad Idea to Revive a Cold War Concept

AAP

PM refuses to comment on leadership future

Scott Morrison has declined suggestions the coalition has lost its way, following remarks by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian Election 2022: Postal votes and independents make for nail-biting count

More than 30,000 postal votes were requested in West Lothian which saw polling station traffic slow and steady throughout the day across the county

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Chicago Sun-Times

President Biden hits Chicago next Wednesday for IBEW convention

Biden is traveling to the city to speak to the 40th International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Convention.

WEKU

Journalist says Britain has become a safe deposit box for oligarchs' ill-gotten gains

Butler to the Word author Oliver Bullough says the UK has developed a system of bankers, lawyers, accountants and PR managers who work to help Russian kleptocrats hide their wealth.

The Guardian - US

Georgia sees first major test for a Republican defending democracy

The most important primary in the US might be the Georgia secretary of state race, where Brad Raffensperger is in a tough re-election battle after standing up to Trump

Salon

Can we defeat democracy's enemies?

Confronting Putin isn't about sanctions or military strategy. It's about facing what we did to make him possible

Wales Online

Local elections 2022: The UK's most unusual polling stations

A windmill, a dog training centre, and a laundrette are among the more bizarre places to vote

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Republican lawmakers now are looking for ways to punish election officials

It’s no secret that Republican state legislatures are working overtime to alter election laws in ways to twist American democracy to their favor. Having imposed rules that make it harder to vote and to discourage those who can’t vote in person, the newest point of attack is to threaten election…

WEKU

Democrats promise votes on abortion rights despite vanishingly small odds of success

With the Supreme Court seemingly poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats look to legislation to keep abortion legal.

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