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In North Korea, Money May Now Matter More Than Party Loyalty

Edit Newsweek 28 Apr 2016
an army veteran and member of the ruling Workers' Party, he is now a manager at a state enterprise ... "Being in the Party doesn't really help financially," she said ... His story illustrates the challenge posed to ruler Kim Jong Un by the nascent grey market economy that has taken hold in the isolated and authoritarian country, as his government prepares for a rare Workers' Party Congress set to begin on May 6 ... PARTY CULTURE....

6 from Punjab in AAP nat'l executive, Phoolka out

Edit The Times of India 28 Apr 2016
Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday packed its national executive with as many as six leaders from Punjab in a clear bid to give its campaign in Punjab a boost ahead of the 2017 elections. However, the party caught everyone by surprise when it chose not to include prominent lawyer H S Phoolka in the list ... Phoolka had recently held meetings with party supporters in Canada and Australia....

YSR Congress leader quits, attacks Jagan’s ‘autocratic attitude’

Edit Indian Express 28 Apr 2016
In a major blow to the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), senior leader M V Mysura Reddy resigned from the party after shooting off an angry letter to party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, lamenting his “autocratic attitude’’ ... party matters....

Labour donor urges party to 'stop the rot' amid anti-Semitism row

Edit Belfast Telegraph 28 Apr 2016
The Labour leadership has faced a backlash over the latest anti-Semitism row to hit the party, with a major donor claiming a greater effort was needed to "stop the rot" in the party. The party has suspended MP Naz Shah pending an investigation over offensive messages on social media ... "I have been appalled by the growth of anti-Semitism in the party ... Labour peer Lord Levy, a former fundraiser for the party, told BBC's Newsnight....

We had questions for Jim VandeHei. He had answers.

Edit Vox 28 Apr 2016
Vox's Dylan Matthews had questions about Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei's proposal for a new Innovation Party ... VandeHei suggests Mark Zuckerberg as a potential leader of the Innovation Party ... I tossed out the idea of Zuckerberg (or Sheryl Sandberg) as examples of people who could head a party or a movement ... I agree the odds are stacked in powerful ways against any third-party success....

Guide to nationalist parties challenging Europe

Edit BBC News 28 Apr 2016
Many European countries are witnessing electoral gains for far-right and nationalist parties, though they span a wide political spectrum ... In recent years the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) has shaken up the centrist consensus politics that dominated Austria for decades after World War Two ... So for the first time since the war neither of Austria's two main parties made it to the run-off ... Anti-EU Danish party gets big boost....

Senate, House Leaders Introduce Bill to Empower and Protect Probation Officers (Orrin G Hatch)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
Washington, D.C.-Senators Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., along with Representatives Dave Reichert, R-Wash., and Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., introduced a bill today to protect probation officers and enhance their ability to do their job by giving them authority to arrest a third party who forcibly interferes with an officer's performance of his or her official duties....

London Up for Grabs in Pre-Brexit Voting Set to Test U.K. Mood

Edit Bloomberg 28 Apr 2016
on May 5 and, for once, the pressure is less on Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron than on opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Next Thursday’s voting in England, Scotland and Wales represents the first big electoral test since Corbyn took over in September, and poor results may increase discontent among lawmakers over his attempt to lead the party down a more traditional socialist path....

Arvind Kejriwal re-elected as AAP National Convenor

Edit Indian Express 28 Apr 2016
Arvind Kejriwal was on Wednesday re-elected as the National Convenor of AAP even as the party effected a major overhaul of its top brass by inducting five new faces including a woman in its Political Affairs Committee (PAC), the highest decision making body ... Yogendra Yadav, Marlena removed as party spokespersons Aam Aadmi Party split ... The PAC has also appointed Gupta as the national secretary and Chadha as the treasurer of the party....

Delhi leaders dictating terms in Punjab

Edit The Times of India 28 Apr 2016
The lawyer was one among the first 20 candidates announced by the party for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections across the country....

BJP announces candidates for Godda, Panki assembly bypolls

Edit The Times of India 28 Apr 2016
The BJP party announced its candidates for the Godda and Panki bypolls scheduled for May 16 on Tuesday night. The party has decided to field ... A few BJP members were even disappointed with the party's decision to ignore dedicated party workers and instead opt for a "newcomer"....

'Cong should rope in poll strategist for state polls'

Edit The Times of India 28 Apr 2016
Congress MLA Jaivardhan Singh has urged the party leadership to hand over the task of preparing a strategy for Madhya Pradesh assembly elections due in 2018, to a ......

Ex-servicemen to fight assembly polls

Edit The Times of India 28 Apr 2016
The party would field its candidates on nearly 40 constituencies in Punjab so that they could be ... Sidhu declared Colonel (Retd) Manmohan Singh as party candidate for Jalandhar Cantt for the 2017 polls....
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