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Sally Rooney Withdraws Her Books From UK Over Her Support of Palestine Action

Ms. Rooney and her publisher said that she could no longer receive royalties from British sales because she pledged to donate book revenues to Palestine Action, which is banned in Britain.

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Sally Rooney in Dublin in 2021.
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The Fight for Britain’s Right: Can Kemi Badenoch Reboot the Conservatives?

Attendees at the party’s annual conference have been buoyed: both by leader Kemi Badenoch’s rising poll ratings and by a mock Bayeux Tapestry. But the challenge from Reform U.K. remains.

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The Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch in Birmingham, England, on Sunday.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham Lays Out Plan to Change UK in Emotional Speech at Labour Conference

Andy Burnham set out a range of policies on Tuesday in his biggest speech since becoming prime minister of Britain. “I accept people will not agree with every part of it,” he said.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain during his speech on Tuesday. “The British right talk about taking back control,” he said, while speaking about privatization. “Never let them forget, they are the ones that gave it away in the first place.”
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