Author: Miles Donavan

‘We will not stand for assaults on police officers doing their job or for people feeling intimidated on our streets because of their background or the colour of their skin.’ Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said Britain will “never surrender” to far-right protesters who use the English flag as cover for violence and to instil fear, after police officers were assaulted and Islamophobic chants made at a rally held by Tommy Robinson over the weekend. More than 100,000 people took part in Saturday’s march in central London, which was organised by right-wing thug Tommy Robinson. The Metropolitan Police said 26…

‘We must make clear that no individual, however wealthy or powerful, can get away with using their platform to inflame tensions and incite violence.’ Elon Musk has been blasted by Lib Dem leader Ed Davey for inciting violence when speaking to the crowd at a Tommy Robinson march at the weekend. The world’s richest man appeared via video link at the “Unite the Kingdom” rally, telling the crowd: “You’re in a fundamental situation here where whether you choose violence or not violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die, that’s the truth.”  In his speech, Musk…

When commentators like Quentin Letts sharpen their claws, it usually means someone’s doing something right. After spending years targeting Angela Rayner with snobbery and sexism, the right-wing press has found its next target: Zack Polanski, the newly elected leader of the Green Party. When commentators like Quentin Letts sharpen their claws, it usually means someone’s doing something right. And with Polanski stepping into a major political role, it didn’t take long for the usual suspects to line up their tired arsenal of sneers, smears, and snide remarks. Letts, the Daily Mail’s long-standing parliamentary sketch writer, wasted no time. Known for his perennial…

No sooner had she announced her plans to run, GB News launched a vitriolic attack, framing Ribeiro-Addy as a dangerous radical. As the race to replace Angela Rayner as deputy prime minister began, the usual suspects in the right-wing media wasted no time sharpening their knives, not just for the contest, but for one candidate in particular – Bell Ribeiro-Addy. The MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill’s bid was short-lived. She received just 24 nominations, well shy of the 80 required to make it through to the next stage. But the brevity of her candidacy didn’t stop the attacks. No sooner had…

Farage might be clinking glasses at City breakfasts today, but the country could wake up with a hell of a hangover tomorrow. Fancy a boozy breakfast with Nigel Farage, champagne bottles delivered straight to your exhibitor stand, and unlimited free drinks at the bar? That’s exactly what was on offer to businesses at Reform UK’s annual conference at the NEC in Birmingham last weekend, assuming you had a spare £250,000 to burn. More than 200 corporate tickets were reportedly snapped up by companies and lobbyists eager to mingle, network, and curry favour with a party once dismissed as a fringe…

“For better electoral fortunes, the government needs to junk neoliberal policies, never-ending austerity; directly invest in infrastructure and redistribute income and wealth.” Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. After 14 months in office, Sir Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister has completed his cabinet reshuffle. In this political merry-go-round familiar faces have been shunted around from one government office to another. The Labour government is riding low in the opinion polls and has…

With the impact of climate change becoming more evident, campaigners say the education sector must take swift and coordinated steps to prepare. As students across England return to classrooms for a new academic year, schools are being urged to accelerate climate action by creating practical and holistic Climate Action Plans (CAPs). The call comes amid growing concern that the climate crisis is putting children’s education at risk, with recent research showing that extreme heat and flooding are already contributing to significant ‘lost learning’ time. According to findings by the Department of Education (DfE), more than one in three secondary schools…

The handling of the situation has caused anger across the Labour benches. Labour MPs have expressed anger over the appointment, and subsequent delayed sacking, of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the United States Questions are being particularly directed at Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s chief of staff. Mandelson was dismissed this week over his links to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. It has emerged that Downing Street was already aware of Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein at the time of his appointment. But No. 10 claims “new information” about the extent of their friendship only came to light this week, prompting…

Since leaving the EU, the UK has drastically reduced checks on imported seafood. A new report is calling on the UK government to take urgent action to stop illegal and unethical seafood from entering the country. According to the report, British consumers may unknowingly be purchasing seafood linked to illegal fishing practices, environmental harm, and serious human rights abuses, due, in part, to a sharp decline in import checks following Brexit. The report and accompanying documentary, Criminal Catches: How to Stop the Supply of Illegal Seafood to the UK, were released by the Coalition for Fisheries Transparency, which includes the…

These are the same voices who frequently portray themselves as global defenders of “free speech.” The American right has responded to the killing of Charlie Kirk not with calls for calm or unity but with a vow of vengeance. Kirk, a prominent conservative commentator and close ally of Donald Trump, was shot while speaking on a Utah college campus in what both Trump and Utah Governor Spencer Cox described as an “assassination.” Yet rather than urging restraint or reflection, Trump seized the moment to escalate tensions. In a four-minute video from the Oval Office, posted just hours after the shooting,…