Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Planting the seeds of a democratic economy
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			ON May 3, we could have a socialist metro mayor for Newcastle and the North of Tyne.
This is one of the metro mayor deals. It’s not about running the bin collections or managing social services. It’s a new role: economic development.
It doesn’t have much money — £20 million a year. This was a Tory deal, after all. Local councils have suffered six times that amount in cuts.
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