Bridge banner-drop
Activists from the South were out over the weekend for a bridge banner-drop, demanding our government put our people first.
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England
Bringin’ the roof down – literally
It’s been difficult to miss the media frenzy regarding RAAC (Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete). In the latest development, the Government have announced that over 100 schools and colleges are set to close over the coming weeks as the fear of collapsing buildings starts to take hold. This comes several days after it suddenly emerged that
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Britain’s first black history professor and the course leader faces redundancy.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Hundreds of ULEZ cameras destroyed in the growing backlash
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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