UK union-hampering laws imposed a deadline on the nurse union's strike vote so that it did not receive enough ballots for a valid result.

I have not seen anything which explains just why or how that particular deadline was imposed, or whether the union could now try again with more time for members to vote.

Bogus Johnson was judged to have violated the ministerial code by taking a private job with only half an hour's notice to the pertinent parliamentary committee. But this committee has no power to punish him.

Starmer appears to have broken a similar rule when he left government service.

A pregnant woman in Poland, carrying a fetus that had almost no chance of resulting in a healthy baby, died in a hospital that never informed her that her life was in danger or that an abortion could have saved her.

US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to defend the right to abortion and birth control.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!

US citizens: call on Congress to pass the PRO act and protect the right to organize from union-busting tactics.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are +1-202-224-3121, +1-888-818-6641 and +1-888-355-3588.

If you phone, please spread the word!