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Ed Davey impresses, but are the Lib Dems a viable electoral force?

Letters: Readers respond to Zoe Williams’ moving interview with the leader of the Liberal Democrats

The Guardian - UK

Finland’s conservatives to open coalition talks with far-right party

Petteri Orpo, likely successor of Sanna Marin as PM, says government should be in place by June

The Guardian - UK

SDP blasts Leeds' 'war on cars’ and calls for ‘back to basics’ approach

Social Democratic Party councillor Wayne Dixon oversees the party in Leeds

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Sanna Marin was brought down by her unpopular policies, not misogyny

Letters: Readers in Finland respond to an article by Zoe Williams and reflect on the reasons why Sanna Marin lost the election

The Guardian - UK

Finland's election: what happened to Sanna Marin and what to expect next

The results of Finland’s parliamentary elections signal a tumultuous period ahead. This was to a certain degree foreseen by pre-election polls, which indicated that prime minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) was about to lose to the opposition conservative National Coalition Party (Kok), led by Petteri Orpo.

The Conversation

Misogyny is a mighty force on the right – just look at the fate of Finland’s Sanna Marin

As prime minister, she was trusted and liked by voters. Then came allegations that she was a ‘party girl’, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Why did Sanna Marin lose Finland’s election?

The Guardian - UK

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Tuesday briefing: Sanna Marin forced out as prime minister after elections see Finland turn right

In today’s newsletter: By all means a popular prime minister, Marin has quit ahead of a likely right-wing coalition government capitalising on tough economic times

The Guardian - UK

Finland shifts to the right but could face weeks of fraught coalition talks

Petteri Orpo’s NCP pushes party of predecessor Sanna Marin into third place in tight election

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump ‘vows to escalate attacks’ on Manhattan prosecutor

Stunned by indictment at first, ex-president indicates he wants to politically ‘rough ’em up’. Plus, Judy Blume calls for fight back against censorship

The Guardian - UK

Finnish centre-right eyes coalition talks as defeated Marin considers future

Outgoing Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin was left to consider her future after she conceded defeat in a tight parliamentary election on Sunday that handed her centre-right rival Petteri Orpo the right to try and form a coalition.

Reuters

Finnish PM Marin set to lose election to pro-business party

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin was on track to lose in the Nordic country’s close parliamentary elections to a pro-business opposition group.

Tribune News Service

Who is Finland’s next prime minister Petteri Orpo?

The National Coalition Party is set to lead a coalition government

The Independent UK

Sanna Marin suffers defeat in Finland election as SDP beaten into third place

Marin says ‘democracy is always a wonderful thing’ as her Social Democrats come third behind rightwing NCP and nationalist Finns parties

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Al Jazeera

Finland’s Sanna Marin faces tough challenge in re-election bid

Three parties are in a neck-and-neck race to win a majority of Finland’s 200-seat parliament and form a new government.

Al Jazeera

Finland, having cleared last NATO hurdle, heads to elections

Is Sanna Marin still popular and do most Finns support NATO? Here are five key things to know.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Corbyn’s 40 years as MP in numbers as he’s blocked from standing for Labour

Keir Starmer has blocked Jeremy Corbyn from running to be a Labour MP at next election

The Independent UK

Jeremy Corbyn’s 40 years as MP for Islington North: Key numbers

Mr Corbyn share of the voted peaked at 73% at the 2017 general election.

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Reuters

Finland's right-wing opposition leads in poll ahead of April 2 election

Finland's right-wing opposition National Coalition Party held a narrow lead among voters ahead of an election for parliament on April 2, an opinion poll published by daily Helsingin Sanomat showed on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Analysis: Scars of annulled 1993 vote trail Nigeria 2023 election

Parallels are being drawn between the 2023 poll and the annulled 1993 vote, seen as the country’s ‘freest and fairest’.

France 24

Did France surprise Germany by pledging tanks for Ukraine?

A day after France announced it was sending Western armoured vehicles to Ukraine, Germany said it would do the same. But Germany, the world’s fourth-largest arms supplier, seemed to be playing catch-up in announcing the move on Thursday, after months of dragging its feet on dispatching its stockpile of tanks…

Asharq Al-Awsat

European MPs Support Iranian Detainees

European lawmakers across the continent have started to sponsor Iranian detainees, hoping to shed light on their injustice and force authorities to back down from handing down lengthy jail sentences or carrying out executions. Sponsoring MPs take responsibility for lobbying for the safety of individual prisoners, demanding information on their…

The Guardian - UK

European MPs seek to publicise plight of jailed Iranian protesters

Politicians particularly in Germany taking responsibility for lobbying for the safety of individual prisoners

The Guardian - UK

John Cleese to host GB News show as he rails against ‘cancel culture’

Monty Python star says he will talk on TV channel about ‘important information that gets censored’

Wales Online

The party that once had a chance of breaking Labour and Tory dominance of politics

Former Welsh Labour MP Gwynoro Jones has co-authored a book which reveals behind-the-scenes rows that helped wreck the prospect of the Conservatives and Labour being replaced in power by a centrist alliance in the 1980s, reports Political editor-at-large Martin Shipton

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