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Britain’s first black history professor and the course leader faces redundancy.

Simon Crane / News / 5 September 2023 / Education, England

Thousand’s have backed a petition calling for a U-turn on a decision by The University of Chichester to pull the plug on its flagship African history course without consultation from its teaching staff or students. Whilst the petition has some legitimate concerns, namely Professor Adi and his staff not being consulted and the fact that […]

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Notting Hill Carnage

Ethan Claiborne / News / 31 August 2023 / England, London

Once in a while, we see a glimmer of common sense come from the Conservative Party. On this occasion, it came from the London mayoral candidate Susan Hall. She sparked a heated debate by suggesting that the iconic Notting Hill Carnival should be relocated to a different venue. I would say that the Carnival needs

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Brutal Killer Jailed

Dave Gardner / News / 23 August 2023 / England, NHS

This news story is absolutely harrowing, both in the details of the crime and the resulting fallout that we see in the aftermath. Neonatal nurse Lucy Letby, a woman charged with caring for premature or ill babies, has been given a whole life sentence for murdering seven infants in her care. This woman will rightfully

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In other news, Sadiq Khan is still racialising the English.

Tom Batten / News / 22 August 2023 / England, London

Sadiq Khan… the name alone will no doubt make eyes roll. The repugnant little Mayor of London, in office for what feels like an eternity, has an impressive track record of irritating the nation. Whether it be his infamous “part and parcel” gibe when talking about terrorism and violence in London, his championing of affirmative

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Cancelled father ted writer holds his fringe show outside the Scottish Parliament.

William Gibson / News / 22 August 2023 / England, Scotland

Defiant Graham Linehan went ahead with his comedy show outside the Scottish Parliament on Thursday night after it was cancelled twice by Edinburgh Fringe venues. The original venue, Leith Arches, had pulled out over the Father Ted creator’s views on transgender issues. Comedy Unleashed moved the sold-out gig to an outdoor stage at Holyrood when a second venue declined to host

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Not in my backyard

Dave Gardner / News / 21 August 2023 / England, Migration

A saying goes around our circles, “some people will only understand when it’s too late.” And this holds for a great many things. Not least when it comes to migrant hotels. People are happy to look down their noses at people who campaign against them. They laugh off their concerns as “racist” and never listen

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Unite the Union accuses Labour of watering down workers’ rights to curry favour with big business.

William Gibson / News / 21 August 2023 / England

Sharon Graham, the general secretary of the Unite union, has accused Labour of partly rowing back on its plans to bolster workers’ rights to “curry favour with big business”. At the same time, the party said there had been no watering down of its policies. Leaked documents, first obtained by the Financial Times, show the party changed the

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Hundreds of ULEZ cameras destroyed in the growing backlash

William Gibson / News / 21 August 2023 / England, London

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that 387 ULEZ cameras have been damaged, stolen or obscured in London as ‘Blade Runner activists wage war on the eco-scheme that aims to reduce emissions. So far, the group that opposes the expansion of the ULEZ scheme have targeted the cameras installed by Transport for London (TfL) between April

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Tolerance, empathy and human rights

Carl Wilkinson / News / 18 August 2023 / England, Migration, Opinion

Official statistics released by the Home Office provide an overview of what they call “irregular migrants” and demonstrate the extent of the issue with small boats. The home office defines a small boat as a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB). The home office is keen to describe this as a ‘phenomenon that was rare prior to

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Cancelled…again

Dave Gardner / News / 17 August 2023 / England

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has, once again, been cancelled by the ever-tolerant left. And just like last time, it’s because of his views on the trans community. Linehan has previous for this, having a Father Ted musical cancelled in 2018 and being banned from Twitter in 2020 not long after defending J K Rowling.

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