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His words provoked an angry response from some members of the crowd, with one women, named as Balbir Kaur, particularly vocal in her criticism. “How dare you talk about alcohol in a Sikh temple?” she said. “You are standing in a Sikh [temple] talking about alcohol, which is absolutely not right.” In the northern hemisphere, Samhain is held on 1 November but celebrations begin on the evening of 31 October. Truss also believes she can defeat Sir Keir Starmer, adding she is ready to hit the ground running as the next prime minister
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Bhai Narinderjit Singh, general secretary of the Sikh Federation, said that “no politician in his right mind” would speak in a gurdwara about a trade deal involving alcohol. “It is a requirement that Sikhs should not consume any intoxicants. Anyone (Sikh or non-Sikh) who has consumed alcohol or has tobacco on them is not allowed to enter a gurdwara, Sikh place of worship. There are signs up in all gurdwaras.” Kaur then told Johnson that she had relatives who had suffered from alcoholism. Other members of the crowd reportedly told Johnson that if he had made the comments in India, he “would not have got out of the temple alive”. Johnson was visiting the Shri Guru Nanak Prakash Singh Sabha gurdwara in Bristol in an effort to woo voters from the city’s large Sikh community to the Tories.I do think it is relevant to our considerations that whisky is a huge business in this country and a free trade deal with India would be of great value.” However, to make that search a little easier, here's a list of some popular retailers that have some fantastic options. We're pausing our live coverage of the Conservative Party leadership contest now, but before we go, here's a summary of what's happened today: Before then, Sunak and Truss will go head-to-head at two live televised debates on the BBC and Sky News
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There is a duty of 150% in India on imports of Scottish whisky. So we have to bring it in for our relatives duty free. Imagine what we could do with a trade deal with India, which there will be, because then the tariffs would go.” Sunak topped the vote with support from 137 Conservative MPs, followed by Truss with 113 and Mordaunt with 105This involved people going from house-to-house in costume or disguise usually reciting verses or songs in exchange for food. The Labour leader gave an expletive-laden assessment of the soon to be ex-prime minister’s relationship to the truth and attitude to the public on The Rest is Politics podcast, calling him a “bullshitter”.