embarrassing, pennsylvania democrats elected a dead man. they knew they were doing it. they did it anyway. this would seem to defeat the idea of representative democracy, which is that you vote for people so that they can represent you. but party leaders in pennsylvania were not embarrassed. they were proud, quote: well we are incredibly saddened by the loss of representative tony deluca they said in a statement. we are proud to see the voters show their confidence in him and his commitment to democratic values by reelecting posthumously. in other words, electing a guy who can t possibly represent you is not an offense against democracy, it s the essence of democracy. now, it s not a typo. they put that in a press release and actually makes kind of sense when you remember it was also in the state of pennsylvania that democratic party leaders backed a senate candidate called john fetterman long after he had suffered a massive stroke and could not longer talk or communicate cle
hello, and welcome to the programme. a major meeting of ukraine s allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to kyiv. representatives of around 50 countries gathered at the us airbase in ramstein, in germany, to discuss co ordinating military support. germany s new defence minister denied blocking the export of its leopard tanks, which kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard ii tanks, to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. germany s new defence minister has said no decision has been made, adding that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies acted together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger ii tanks to the front line. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this
are you concerned about the influence of andrew tait on boys or young men? get in touch with me on twitter. laterthis young men? get in touch with me on twitter. later this hour, the number of stars people can see with the naked eye has reduced dramatically over the last decade. welcome to bbc news. ukraine s president, volodymr zelensky, has made a direct appeal to germany to provide tanks ahead of crunch talks involving western allies in germany. ahead of crucial talks. the us and european nations have already promised more equipment to fight russia s invasion, but kyiv wants them to go further amid fears moscow will order a new offensive in the spring. ukraine wants nato countries to supply it with germany s highly regarded leopard 2 tanks. but european coutries are not supposed to export them without berlin s permission. and germany is reluctant to allow that unless the us also sends its own tanks. meanwhile, the uk has already promised to send 1a of its challenger 2 t
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