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Politics Home | MPs Vote Down Tory Bid To Refer PM To Privileges Committee Over Mandelson

Politics Home | MPs Vote Down Tory Bid To Refer PM To Privileges Committee Over Mandelson

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer avoided a parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday evening over whether he misled the House of Commons. (Alamy) 2 min read1 hr Keir Starmer will not face an investigation into whether he misled Parliament over the appointment of Lord Mandelson after MPs voted down a Conservative Party motion to refer the matter to the Privileges Committee. The House of Commons voted against the move by 335 to 223 on Tuesday night, with a majority of Labour MPs rowing in behind the Prime Minister. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Starmer of misleading Parliament in his claim that due process was fully followed in the appointment of Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US. The PM has apologised for his decision to appoint the former Labour cabinet minister, but insisted that due process was followed throughout. Starmer said the vote, which was granted by House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, was a “political stunt” by rival parties ahead of next week’s local elections. While the majority of Labour MPs sided with the government, a …

Google’s AI Searches Love to Refer You Back to Google

Google’s AI Searches Love to Refer You Back to Google

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Google seems to have a Google addiction. If you click on a hyperlink in Google’s chatbot-style search tool, AI Mode, you are likely to be looped into another Google search, according to a new study from SE Ranking, a search engine optimization company. Currently, Google.com is the most commonly linked site in AI Mode. Many website owners and publishers have relied heavily on Google Search as their primary source of visitors and have complained about declines in traffic over the past few years as the tech giant has prominently featured generative AI summaries in search results, through AI Overviews and AI Mode. Liz Reid, Google’s head of Search, has previously disputed reports about traffic declines and described AI tools as driving “highly quality clicks” to these sites. “Even if you’re saying that people click on those citations all the time, well, there’s nothing to click on, because it just takes you to another Google result,” says Mordy Oberstein, an SEO expert and head of brand at SE Ranking. Currently, an estimated 17 percent of total …

Influencer MEP Panayiotou stirs fury by using slur to refer to paralympians – POLITICO

Influencer MEP Panayiotou stirs fury by using slur to refer to paralympians – POLITICO

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Panayiotou’s remarks leave “no room for interpretation: a term that is abusive, stigmatizing and offensive to thousands of our fellow citizens,” the committee said, adding that the use of this term cannot be disguised as humor. “It is a gross insult to people with intellectual disabilities, to athletes who struggle daily against prejudice and exclusion,” the organization said.  Given Panayiotou’s position as an MEP, “the issue is not simply moral, it is deeply political and institutional,” the committee said.  The committee wants the MEP to publicly apologize for using the derogatory term and “to take a stance that promotes respect and awareness.”  Source link