Politics News

• Ministers fight back against Civil Service's gender neutral 'militant wokery'
  
  The Civil Service was today accused having 'a political agenda to erase woman and the concept of biological sex' with its use of non-specific terms.
  Daily Mail.  Sunday, 22 May 2022.
• Academic says Iran's Revolutionary Guard are 'blundering, brainwashed idiots'
  
  Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were 'not well versed in security, geopolitics or counter espionage'.
  Daily Mail.  Sunday, 22 May 2022.
• Australia election: A great shock to the system
  
  Politics will now be greener, more feminine, and more emphatically Australian, writes Nick Bryant.
  BBC News.  Sunday, 22 May 2022.
• Social media: Did the pandemic poison online politics?
  
  As the UK spent countless hours online during lockdown, how much has it changed us?
  BBC News.  Sunday, 22 May 2022.
• Laguna Woods church and community leaders join together to denounce politically motivated violence
  
  Local leaders on Saturday spoke at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods that a week earlier had been targeted by a gunman.
  Los Angeles Times.  Saturday, 21 May 2022.
• From depending on neighbours for food to the highest office in the land - meet Australia's new prime minister
  
  Anthony Albanese is known as a pragmatic politician willing to work outside ideological lines - and someone whose first taste of politics came as a child.
  Sky News.  Saturday, 21 May 2022.
• Chums - Is Oxford Ruining British Politics?
  
  Has Oxford created a cadre of careless, arrogant politicians who are destroying the UK?
  Forbes.  Saturday, 21 May 2022.
• Why Australians Must Vote on Election Day
  
  Compulsory voting is seen as forcing candidates toward the political center.
  New York Times.  Saturday, 21 May 2022.
• Last pro-life House Democrat fights for political survival against leftwing challenger in Texas
  
  Progressive Democrats are on the verge of purging the last pro-life House Democrat from the party Tuesday in a runoff election in southwest Texas.
  Washington Times.  Friday, 20 May 2022.
• Axed Disinfo Czar Blames Her Resignation On Everyone But Herself
  
  'Personal political ambitions'
  Daily Caller.  Friday, 20 May 2022.
• Corporate boards rebuff conservative shareholder activism
  
  The boards of several leading U.S. companies this week rejected efforts by conservative shareholder activists to separate them from woke politics.
  Washington Times.  Friday, 20 May 2022.
• Column One: In storied New England mill city, Cambodian Americans make political history
  
  Lowell, Mass., was known for embracing immigrants. But it never shared power with newcomers until Cambodian refugees found a way to remake the city.
  Los Angeles Times.  Friday, 20 May 2022.
• The Takeout: A CBS News original political podcast
  
  "The Takeout" is a weekly podcast about politics, policy and pop culture hosted by CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett.
  CBS News.  Friday, 20 May 2022.
• Fuel retailers sue over requirement to post about gas tax freeze, saying it compels political speech
  
  Illinois fuel retailers argued in a lawsuit that a requirement to post signs alerting consumers about a six-month freeze in the state motor-fuel tax unconstitutionally compels them to promote Gov. JB Pritzker's reelection campaign.
  ABC News.  Friday, 20 May 2022.
• For the first time since the pandemic, leisure and business flights surpass 2019 levels
  
  Global leisure and business flights topped pre-pandemic levels for the first time this spring, despite rising costs and geopolitical uncertainty.
  CNBC.  Friday, 20 May 2022.

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