Government politics

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It added that people "close to Sir Jonathan said he was 'very unhappy' about the decision to overwrite parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, part of the 2019 withdrawal agreement, with new powers in the UK internal market bill." … [Read more...] about Civil service: Government’s top lawyer to stand down

A spokesman for Mr Salmond said the coming parliamentary inquiry "may wish to ask the very obvious questions of why this unlawful process involving such a huge waste of public funds was undertaken by the Scottish government and who was responsible for these decisions". … [Read more...] about Scottish government pays out £500,000 in costs to Alex Salmond

Tigray has dominated Ethiopian politics since guerilla fighters ousted a Marxist dictator in 1991. Its population is relatively small - around 5% of Ethiopia’s 109 million people - but its history in politics means it is wealthier and more influential than many other, larger regions. … [Read more...] about Ethiopia’s Tigray holding regional elections in defiance of federal government

But in a dynamic playing out all over Ethiopia, the long-ruling regional party is itself facing pressure from more zealous ethnic nationalists. A new party is openly pushing Tigrayan secession from Ethiopia, a polyglot nation of more than 80 ethnic groups. … [Read more...] about Ethiopia’s Tigray region to holds poll, defying federal government