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London’s Anti-Trump Demo: British Fascists Draped in the Stars and Stripes
75,000 peacefully took to the streets during Donald Trump’s state visit, but Louise Raw is reminded of the disturbing past of Far-right protesters.
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Suspicious Betting Detected across Seven More Countries this Year including the UK, UEFA is told
Football’s European governing body has acted quickly to support Spanish police investigating match-fixing and money laundering. Now matches across Europe are under scrutiny.
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A Sharp Wake Up Call: We need to talk about Amy
Mike Stuchbery on the troubling behaviour of a Brexit activist
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Northamptonshire Child Deaths: Director of Children’s Services Can’t Promise “Same Thing Won’t Happen Again”
Two damning serious case reviews into the deaths of Dylan Tiffin Brown and Evelyn-Rose Muggleton reveal concerns about child protection in Northamptonshire.
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‘The North Remembers’: How an Anglo-Saxon Game of Thrones led to a Northern Powerhouse
The Count of the Saxon Shore on why ‘the North Remembers’. It was the original source of a progressive, articulate English identity.
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Generation Identity and the Global Threat of Right Wing Extremism
Louise Raw on the history, allegiance and ideology of this small but influential movement.
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GCHQ’s ‘Ghost User’ Designed to Spy on Encrypted Communications
Tech companies and civil liberties groups condemn British spy agency’s proposal to get around encryption using a hidden group chat facility.
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Veteran MPs Deserve Scrutiny Just as Much as they Win Praise
Iain Overton’s analysis of how Parliament’s 50 MPs with service backgrounds vote on issues such as military intervention, Brexit, immigration and surveillance – and why this should be scrutinised.
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‘Boris Johnson and Michael Gove Must Have Known About Illegality’: Why the Two Vote Leave Leaders are a Threat to Democracy
Shahmir Sanni reveals how two of the contenders to replace Theresa May cannot absolve themselves of responsibility for wrongdoing during the EU Referendum.
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Why so Sore, Donny? Fascism has Deep American Roots
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s comment on Donald Trump’s nativism, isolationism and bigotry has hit a sore spot.
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Brexit Party Candidates Elected to the European Parliament
Brexit Party MEPs will now sit in Europe’s highest law-making body as the elected representatives of the people of Britain. Who are they and why does it matter?
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JUSTICE FOR DAPHNE: “It is an Assassination” – Special Rapporteur Hits Back at Maltese Government’s Claims about Murdered Journalist
A new report by Pieter Omtzigt urges the Maltese Government to set up an independent public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death immediately.
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Billion Pound Judicial Review of Government Pensions Robbery
David Hencke on a key legal case challenging the government’s persistent discrimination against women with changes in the pension age.
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The Extraordinary Cost of Chris Grayling – Part 1: 2010-2015
Part One of David Hencke’s investigation into the human and financial cost of MP Chris Grayling’s long list of now infamous blunders: first his time as Employment Minister and then Justice Secretary.
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Pessimism is for Lightweights: Episode 2: From Brighton Fringe to Parliament Square.
Salena Godden, poet and writer, continues her whirlwind of readings and gigs at festivals and invites us all to share a moment of peace, community and solidarity. “The Future hasn’t happened yet. The idea that our civilisation is doomed is not an established fact. It is a story we tell ourselves.” – John Higgs The…
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WORD OF WEEK: mebby-scales
(n.) a state of indecision, wavering between two opinions or options If last week’s EU election results taught us anything, it’s that the UK is still as divided as ever. On the one hand, Remainers claimed the biggest victory of the night: add up the votes for all those parties overtly calling for the 2016…
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London Calling – City of the World
Mike Stuchbery recalls a cacophony of people through time, who came to London and made it what it is today.
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Nationwide Celebrations Planned to Mark the End of Tenant Fees
By Ross Morris On Saturday 1st the government will introduce the Tenant Fees Act that will make it illegal in England for letting agents to charge tenants with letting fees for administration, inventory or guarantors. ACORN will mark the date with a series of direct actions that aim to ensure that letting agents uphold the new…
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Trump’s Legacy: Corruption, Misogyny, Racism
As Trump heads to the UK for his first official state visit, praising Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, his history of corruption, misogyny, and racism will follow him overseas.
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A Modest Proposal: How to Solve the Brexit Impasse
Otto English has one simple way to cut through the years of bickering over Britain’s exit from the EU – put Nigel Farage in charge.
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“This is what a Bankrupt Council Looks Like”
Natalie Bloomer and Samir Jeraj report on the challenges facing children’s services in Northamptonshire.
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London Never Was an English City: and the Anglo-Saxons Always Distrusted It
Built by Romans, shunned by the Anglo Saxons, renewed by the Normans, Britain’s great capital has survived adversity through diversity.
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SCIENCE HOOKER: Buying Redemption – Academic Reparations
Adi MacArtney on the debate in British institutions about how to account for their colonial past.
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‘Oh, he’s Such a Card’ – Boris Johnson the Joker. But Where does he Really Stand?
With Boris Johnson announcing his bid to become Conservative party leader, James Hanning sheds some light on what the ‘blonde buffoon’ actually believes in.
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Youth Strike for Climate: Student Climate Protestors take over Central London
By Ross Morris Student climate protestors came out en masse in central London this Friday, 24 May, to demand government action on climate catastrophe. Young people were striking from schools and universities all around the world, with an estimated 1.6 million on strike in over 100 countries. In the UK, student climate strike organisations at…
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Remembering Steve Strange: The Ultimate ‘New Romantic’ who Hated the Name
Chris Sullivan, DJ and writer remembers Steve Strange, lead singer of Visage and the New Romantic Movement on what would have been his 60th birthday.
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Journalists Under Threat: Defending Free Speech Needs Actions, Not Words
Why the work of a small group in London, Prisoners of Conscience, is sadly becoming more relevant than ever for persecuted journalists across the world.
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Narendra Modi’s Re-Election is Terrifying for Muslims in India
Faisal Khan on why the BJP Prime Minister’s win in India’s general election is concerning for minorities in the world’s largest democracy.
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Phony War: Iran Humiliates Trump by Calling His Bluff
CJ Werleman explains the logic behind attempts to escalate tensions in the Gulf: it’s all about bluster, and arms deals
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Anti-Corruption Cops Swoop on ex-Real Madrid ‘Galacticos’
Kick Back: Two ex-Real Madrid players arrested as part of crackdown on corruption, money laundering and match fixing.
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EURO ELECTIONS 2019 – Turnout Analysis: Remainers Remained, but Leavers Left
As the dust settles from the EU elections Andrew Carter finds compelling evidence that the Brexit cause is faltering.
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Leavers Remain at Home for EU Vote
Andrew Carter explains why the data so far from local authorities on the European Elections turnout gives Remainers cause to be hopeful
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SMART CITIES and AUTOMATED RACISM: How IBM Designed China’s Surveillance Regime
Nafeez Ahmed on how western companies have aided and adopted Huawei’s terrifying and ubiquitous authoritarian tech.
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Pessimism is for Lightweights: Teenage Dreams in Tumultuous Times
On the road with her LiveWire poets, Salena Godden finds hope in youth and poetry’s ability to help us mourn our passing world.
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She Came from Nowhere: The Tale of Jeanne Hatchette
Mike Stuchbery on another stirring story from our European past that shows how small actions can have big consequences.
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Dispossessed, Disenfranchised, Denied My Vote
Chani Klapka, one of the 3.1 million EU citizens resident in the UK and eligible to vote in the Euro Elections, describes her Kafkaesque experience.
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A Different Kind of Trip – Mood Based Travel
Kyle Taylor and psychologist Pasha introduce their concept of prescribing where to go and what to do as an antidote for your mood.
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A Second Vote: How Essex Man was Always Multicultural
The Count of the Saxon explains the fluidity of Saxon religious belief as new archaeological discoveries suggest the East Saxons converted to Christianity, and back to Paganism again.
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Growing ‘Irexit’ Campaign has Links to Notorious British Ethno-Nationalist
A fast growing ‘Irexit’ campaign gaining online traction over recent months, calling for Ireland’s withdrawal from the EU, has close links with British white nationalists. An investigation by anti-racism activists in Ireland has revealed that the ‘Muintir na héireann’ (‘People of Ireland’) website and Facebook community, with over 10,000 followers, is the work of Jack…
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A Moment of Peace in Trump’s Visit: When they Go Low, We Go High
The Women’s Peace Council is inviting everyone to share a ‘People’s Banquet’ in Parliament Square as an alternative form of protest to Donald Trump’s state visit.
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Universal Credit: Traumatised Rape Survivor had Benefits Stopped Indefinitely after Missing Meetings, Committee Hears
Parliament’s Work and Pensions Committee heard evidence on an alleged increase in the number of women entering prostitution as a form of ‘survival sex’ after having their benefits cut.
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Boris Johnson’s Jacuzzi Justice
Why Boris Johnson’s politicised intervention on a prisoner’s temporary release – a case he will know nothing about – is dangerous.
