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Thursday's Express: "Rishi raises hopes of tax cuts before election"
Outline:
latest global news
Tone:
- negative
Discussion:
++ Brexit,
++ BBC,
- Tories
Trumps allies attempt to undermine prosecutors endangering his 2024 bid -- The Guardian
Ex-prosecutors express criticism as key Republican allies attempt to derail investigations into former president; Trump and his lawyers are banking on allies in the Republican party to make attacks on a New York prosecutor who has charged Trump with criminal offenses
Outline:
other trump lawyers
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
? Trump,
? Biden
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Office working should be default, says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt -- BBC News (UK)
Jeremy Hunt said working remotely had produced "exciting opportunities" But he was worried about "the loss of creativity" when it is permanent; Flexible working has become the norm for many workers since the pandemic
Outline:
flexible working
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
- Jeremy,
++ Tory,
- Tories
Building work pending for many of 40 promised hospitals -- BBC News (UK)
33 of the government's 40 promised new hospitals in England are yet to be built; Most are still waiting to hear what their final budget will be for the projects with a 2030 deadline
Outline:
nhs buildings
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
++ Tory,
? England,
? UK
The evil of idleness plagues Britain and nobody can be bothered to slay it -- The Telegraph
'How have we created a society in which hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions, choose to live off their fellow taxpayers and consider that they are entitled to do so?' asks Phillip Johnson
Outline:
idleness plagues britain
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
? Brexit,
? Stephen Hawking,
? China
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Ghanaian ruler pushes British Museum to return gold -- BBC News (UK)
Asante King asks British Museum to return gold to Ghana
Outline:
asante gold objects
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
++ Ghana,
++ Andrew,
++ UK
Vagina Museum raises funds for new premises -- BBC News (UK)
The world's first vagina museum was forced to close in Bethnal Green earlier this year; The London-based attraction must raise £85,000 by early June to secure a six-year lease
Outline:
vagina museum
Tone:
++ v. positive
Discussion:
+ Vagina Museum,
++ Penis Museum,
? Iceland
Glasgow subway bans poster over Michelangelo statue nudity -- BBC News (UK)
DRG Group said it was "surprised" by the response to the advert; The firm that manages the advertising space requested for the poster to be edited
Outline:
michelangelo statue nudity
Tone:
- negative
Discussion:
? Glasgow SChool,
? Penis,
? Yorkshire
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Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time -- BBC News (UK)
Researchers say there's 66% chance we will pass the 1.5C global warming threshold between now and 2027; Scientists stress the breach, while worrying, will likely be temporary
Outline:
1.5c global warming threshold
Tone:
- negative
Discussion:
+ UK,
-- BBC,
-- NASA
Could the spring weather be affecting your mood? -- BBC News (UK)
Spring 2023 is likely to go down in the history books as a notably dull season; Wales and the south of England have seen 65% of the season's average sunshine
Outline:
spring weather
Tone:
+ positive
Discussion:
-- BBC,
? Tory,
? UK
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Truss urges Sunak to class China as 'threat' to UK security -- BBC News (UK)
Liz Truss is the first former prime minister to visit Taiwan since Margaret Thatcher; She challenged Rishi Sunak to deliver on pledges he made last summer to clamp down on China
Outline:
former prime minister liz truss
Tone:
- negative
Discussion:
- Truss,
-- China,
-- UK
Rishi Sunak u-turns on proposed ban on Chinese institutes -- BBC News (UK)
Rishi Sunak had promised to shut down 30 Chinese state-sponsored institutes in UK; Government says it would be "disproportionate" to ban the institutes
Outline:
chinese institutes rishi sunak
Tone:
++ v. positive
Discussion:
? UK,
? Liz Truss,
? China
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