Dossier
abstention
Coverage of abstention in the Nexus archive.
- Starmer 'cover-up' as he blocks Mandelson standards probe despite 15 Labour MPs rebelling and dozens more abstaining... while 'scared' PM doesn't even show his face
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer is accused of blocking a standards probe into Peter Mandelson, despite 15 Labour MPs rebelling and dozens abstaining. The Prime Minister is described as 'scared' and absent from public view during the controversy.
- France defends abstention on UN slave trade resolution
France abstained from a UN resolution recognizing the slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, defending its decision as justified. The resolution aimed to categorize the slave trade as a crime against humanity, but France did not support it.