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Labour advisers want lessons learned from Harris defeat: voters set the agenda

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November, 2024

Focus on joy over voters’ concerns about economy was Harris campaign’s downfall, some Labour insiders say

They say in every defeat there is a lesson. The lesson that senior Labour advisers want some of their party critics to learn comes from the Democrats’ disastrous campaign in the US.

When Kamala Harris’s campaign had the most momentum, the core of it was joy. And although the final weeks were dominated by darker warnings of fascism under Donald Trump, Harris returned to that theme of optimism in one of her final messages to supporters, saying they had “brought back the joy”.

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‘I relate to Erin Brockovich’: postman who took on car finance world – and won

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November, 2024

Andrew Wrench’s case over ‘secret’ dealership commission could help UK consumers win billions in compensation

Self-styled as the Erin Brockovich of the Potteries, and described by the court of appeal as “a postman with a penchant for fast cars”, Andrew Wrench is a force to be reckoned with.

And while he may not be a household name yet, those who work in the multimillion-pound car-leasing industry will be all too aware of his campaigning zeal.

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Two men killed in separate shooting and stabbing incidents in south London

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November, 2024

Two people also injured in shooting in Sydenham, while a man and a woman were injured in Walworth stabbing

A man has died and two people were injured after a shooting in a residential area of south-east London, while another man died in a separate knife attack a few miles away.

Police appealed for witnesses to come forward after what was described as a “senseless act of violence” in the area of Wells Park Road, Sydenham.

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End pointless hearings in magistrates courts | Letter

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November, 2024

Janet Carter says defendants charged with ‘indictable offences’ should appear directly in crown court to avoid delays and duplication of resources

I agree with Anthony Rogers, the chief inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service, that one answer to dealing with the crown court backlog is to consider whether more cases can be dealt with in the magistrates court ( Crown court backlog in England and Wales ‘could hit 100,000 without radical overhaul’, 1 November ). On the other side of the coin, there are consistently between 5,000 and 6,000 cases a quarter that the law currently demands are listed in the magistrates court even though there is no power to deal with trials or sentences. These are the most serious offences known as “indictable only” offences, such as rape and robbery.

Inevitably, there is no progress on first listing and the case is adjourned on to the crown court a few weeks later. Delays and duplications of resources right across the board are inevitable with these cases.

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Leaf feud is mulch ado about nothing | Brief letters

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November, 2024

Fallen leaves | Hot-water bottles | Male incontinence | Crocodile infestations

Jenny and Ed ( You be the judge: should my son apologise to our neighbour for piling leaves in front of her house?, 8 November ) would not have had a problem with their neighbour if they had decided to use their piles of leaves to make leaf mulch instead of leaving them piled up outside her house. You gather them in a container like a sack or wire frame, and a year later you have the most fabulous, nutritious mulch for the garden. It’s a great use of all the leaves everywhere at the moment.
Penny de Ruyter
Sheffield

• The Guardian always has something new to teach me, but even so, I was astonished to learn that I can date a hot-water bottle by a flower at its neck, with petals and dots for months and weeks ( How to check a hot-water bottle’s age, and other ways to stay safe and warm, 9 November ). Who knew? I shall use this dating system from now on.
Lynne Scrimshaw
London

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Amsterdam police charge four after attack on Israeli football fans

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November, 2024

City’s police chief says ‘incidents on both sides’ led to violent unrest as ‘around 40’ fined and released

Authorities have released details of the 62 people charged after violent attacks took place around the football match between Amsterdam’s Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday night.

Violence after the game – described by the Amsterdam mayor, Femke Halsema, as “hit and run attacks” on Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters by “boys on scooters” – provoked international horror.

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Nicola Jennings on the prospects for Ukraine after Trump’s victory – cartoon

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November, 2024

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Szmodics and Delap stun Spurs as Ipswich end long wait for first win

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November, 2024

Ipswich had waited 22 and a half years for this, and how their vibrant support celebrated after nine seemingly interminable minutes of added time. It said plenty that their first Premier League win since April 2002 was entirely deserved, a clever first half performance seeing them pull clear through goals from Sammie Szmodics and Liam Delap before they passed a test of resilience in the second.

Rodrigo Bentancur’s header was all Spurs, disjointed throughout and never quite managing a late siege, could manage and the outcome was yet another feather in the cap for Kieran McKenna. The Ipswich manager began as an academy coach at Tottenham and his side’s performance was a credit to him here.

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Bruno Fernandes sparks Manchester United to easy victory over Leicester

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 10 November, 2024

Eleven days after Manchester United routed Leicester under Ruud van Nistelrooy in the Carabao Cup here, the interim manager signed off with another easy-street win over the Foxes and so ends his four-game term unbeaten.

In all the Dutchman has three victories, and for this one he thanks Bruno Fernandes, who graced a 250th United appearance by scoring the first goal and causing enough trouble for the hapless Victor Kristiansen to bundle past his goalkeeper, Mads Hermansen, for the second.