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Mamdani wins: a slap in the face for Trump!

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

ZOHRAN KWAME MAMDANI is a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. He has served as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 36th district since 2021, representing the Queens neighbourhood of Astoria. Last week he was elected the city’s first Muslim mayor beating former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.

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Union victories in Museumland

by our Scottish political affairs correspondent

In ‘Albertopolis’, the academic nickname for the London home of colleges and museums that go back to the Victorian era, a small street union has at last won a recognition battle with the Science Museum.

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Editorial

The lessons of Huntingdon

THOUGH THE knife-man who went berserk on a train at Huntingdon is now safely behind bars we will have to wait for the police investigation to shed some light on the motives behind his apparently senseless rampage that wounded ten passengers and a member of the train crew whose timely intervention saved many others from getting hurt. What we can say is that many lives were saved by the cool response of the driver, who diverted the train to Huntingdon where the police and ambulance crews were waiting, and the member of the train crew who was seriously injured as he tried to stop the bloodshed.

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