KUALA LUMPUR: Amendments to the Federal Constitution and the passing of an anti-hopping law must be done before the next general election, say analysts. International Islamic University of Malaysia’s constitutional and administrative law lecturer Prof Dr Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmood said regardless of the approach taken by the government to address anti-hopping, it was crucial that the Constitution is amended first.“ There are still differing views as to the definition of party hopping among MPs.

To understand the sort of future relationship that the UK population want with the EU, we asked them to choose between different hypothetical options described by seven characteristics.... By varying the characteristics of a potential deal in this way, we aimed to quantify people's preferences for different aspects of the UK's future relationship with the EU.... Making trade-offs will be a key part in negotiating the UK's future relationship with the EU....

Scott Methven spoke to People about how the Queen, 95, gracefully supported him during his wife’s tragic cancer diagnosis.... ” Scott said the Queen was a “ typical sort of Granny ”.... A typical sort of granny.” “ I still get a wee message every now and then just to make sure that I'm okay, ” he added.“ So even now they're still checking up on me and making sure I'm okay....

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The Prime Minister pledged to keep supply chains moving yesterday as he urged people to keep calm and carry on as normal.... There are also concerns meat, fizzy drinks and beer supplies will run dry because of the rising cost of carbon dioxide. Thousands of temporary visas are also being offered to encourage drivers to come to Britain on a short-term basis.... But Mr Johnson indicated he would not open the flood gates to overseas truckers.He said: “ The actual number of lorry drivers that we’r

A POSTIE was sacked after climbing a ladder to rescue a pigeon at his sorting office. Chris Fisher, 34, clambered up to the eaves in an attempt to bring the trapped bird to safety.... He said: “ I can’t understand Royal Mail’s completely over-the-top response.” Royal Mail said the case was ongoing and it would be inappropriate to comment.... 2 He said:' This feels like health and safety gone mad' Credit: Paul Reid....

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said technical glitches in the new income tax e-filing portal will be largely fixed in the next couple of weeks and that she has been constantly reminding Infosys on the issue." I have been reminding Infosys( the vendor which developed the new portal) constantly, and( Infosys head) Nandan Nilekani has been messaging me with assurances that they will sort it out," she said. The glitches will be fixed largely in the next couple of weeks, she added.( On

In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics.... There's just one problem here: Rice's email proves nothing of the sort.... In fact, it proves the opposite of what Cruz, Trump and lots of other Republicans have been insisting for years was going on in the final days of the Obama administration....

Christopher Meyer, former British ambassador to US and Germany, has argued the UK should not have taken on the responsibility for finding a fix. Instead, he said the onus should be on the EU as the bloc is interested in protecting the single market. The intervention comes as the UK threatens to trigger the emergency Article 16 legislation that would suspend parts of the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol, created to prevent a hard border.Mr Meyer tweeted: “ In all the fury over Article 16 o

IPOH: Volunteers for the Covid-19 Phase Three Clinical Trial Research are hoping their vaccination status on MySejahtera will be resolved now that the trial has been terminated before its due date. National MCA Public Service and Complaints Bureau vice-chief Low Guo Nan said the trial was supposed to end in November this year, but volunteers received letters on its termination last week due to the government policy on booster doses.He said the volunteers understood the importance of booster dose