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...The U-turn is particularly awkward for Starmer given he used the £28bn figure himself just days ago in an interview with Times Radio....
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...Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has slammed Germany for its U-turn against EU legislation that would punish companies for environmental and human rights abuses in their supply chains....
...Slovakia’s Russia-friendly prime minister has made an unexpected U-turn on Ukraine, pledging support on his first trip to the war-torn country only days after questioning its sovereignty....
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...Opponents of populism need to generate, in the minds of the liberal abstainers, a very strong determination to defeat the populists. The issue is not always about democracy....
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...True devolution, with an effective transfer of decision-making powers, is as important as it is difficult to deliver....
...The decision represents a sharp U-turn for Exxon, which as recently as its annual meeting in May urged shareholders to vote against a resolution calling for it to join the programme, arguing that doing so...
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