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☆ Opinion: Can the party of Winston Churchill really bring about the world’s toughest smoking ban?
  + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
London CNN —Last week, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson treated a Canadian crowd to a helping of his signature bombast. Second World War-era Conservative British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, is also one of history's most famous cigar smokers. Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesDespite what Johnson may have led his audience to believe, a potential smoking ban enjoys broad popular support in the UK. New Zealand’s conservative National Party introduced a similar phased smoking ban last year, but reversed it before it went into effect to help pay for tax cuts. Smoking costs the NHS an estimated £2.5 billion ($3.1 billion) every year, equivalent to 2% of the health service’s budget.
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☆ 'Golden era' for Britain and China’s relationship is over, UK PM Rishi Sunak says
  + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Sunak's comments come shortly after groups of people across China held public demonstrations to protest the country's stringent zero-Covid policy. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the so-called "golden era" of relations with China was over, warning that Beijing's move toward even greater authoritarianism posed a systemic challenge to Britain's values and interests. "Let's be clear, the so-called 'golden era' is over," Sunak said Monday in his first major foreign policy speech. His reference to the "golden era" for the U.K.-China relationship echoed comments made by former U.K. Finance Minister George Osborne in 2015, who had claimed Britain could be China's "best partner in the West." His comments come shortly after public demonstrations were held across China to protest the country's stringent zero-Covid policy.
☆ With UK leader Liz Truss quitting, here are the top contenders to replace her
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +6 min
"Given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party," she said in a brief speech Thursday afternoon. Here are the main contenders for the top job:Rishi SunakRishi Sunak, Britain's former finance minister and Truss' main opponent in this year's Conservative Party leadership race, is now seen as a favorite to replace her. Britain's former finance minister Rishi Sunak was Liz Truss's main opponent in this year's Conservative leadership race. Penny MordauntFormer Defense Secretary Penny Mordaunt surged to prominence during the summer's leadership race, before finishing in third place to Truss and Sunak. Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt is seen as a consensus candidate who could unite a splintered Conservative Party.
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