Natalie Bennett chief foreign sub-editor. She settled in the United Kingdom in 1999, and said in a 2013 interview for the Australian "Inside Story" website about the country of her birth: "I can’t imagine going there by choice." In Britain, Bennett has written for "The Guardian"s "Comment is Free" section since 2006. Bennett was also a blogger. She was deputy editor and then editor of "The Guardian Weekly" from December 2007 until March 2012. She has also worked for the London-based "Independent" and "Times" newspapers. In 2012, she took voluntary redundancy and left journalism. Natalie Bennett joined the Green Party on 1
Majority Leader of the New York State Senate while it was also announced that former majority leader Malcolm Smith had assumed the title of president pro tempore, and John Sampson would serve as Democratic conference leader with the understanding he would assume the presidency at an undetermined future date. Following the 2010 election and the Republican victory in the Senate, Senator Dean Skelos from Long Island served as both Temporary President and Majority Leader, but resigned in May 2015 in the midst of corruption charges. The current majority leader, or president, is John J. Flanagan. The position of President pro tempore of the New York State Senate was