Author: Miles Donavan

“The truth is Muslims are quietly serving this country day in, day out – whether it be in schools, in offices or in the streets – contributing and giving back and helping to build a better society. Yet, these everyday stories rarely make the headlines.” A new survey suggests four in 10 Britons believe Muslim migrants have a negative impact on the UK, while more than half think Islam is not compatible with British values. The YouGov poll was commissioned by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. 2,130 adults in the UK took part in the survey in mid-July. They were asked…

What they are fundamentally doing today is forgetting the three words that should be at the forefront of every doctor’s minds every day which is ‘do no harm’. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has accused the British Medical Association of ‘harming patients’ as resident doctors begin strike action. Streeting has also held firm and warned that the country will not be held to ransom, as junior doctors begin five days of strikes from today. Resident doctors began their strike action at 7am today, with BMA members manning picket lines across the country. Streeting told BBC Breakfast: “When people, particularly those who…

If sign-ups counted for party membership, the new party would be the third largest in Britain, just behind Reform UK. The new left-wing party that Jeremy Corbyn MP and Zarah Sultana MP are forming, has had 200,000 sign-ups in under 24 hours. Corbyn said on X earlier today that 200,000 people had signed up for updates about the new party. He wrote: “Wow. In under 24 hours, 200,000 people have signed up to build a real alternative to poverty, inequality and war.” Politics Joe has pointed out that if sign ups counted for party membership, Corbyn and Sultana’s new party,…

Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government 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. The Water Commission’s final report has been published and doesn’t provide a new beginning for the industry or any relief for beleaguered customers. The Commission was handicapped as its terms of reference precluded it from considering public ownership of the water industry in England. So, it had to come up with fixes to make…

It was more of a half apology Nigel Farage has issued a half-baked apology for falsely claiming that Essex police had “bussed in” counterprotestors to an anti-migrant protest.  Farage was forced to make the apology after receiving a phone call from a senior police officer telling him he was wrong. The Reform UK leader accused the police of transporting Stand Up to Racism activists to the Epping protests, claims which the police straight out refuted. Farage even called on the chief constable of Essex Police, Ben-Julian Harrington, to resign, stating: “There is no way Chief Constable BJ Harrington can stay…

‘Because of Brexit, because of the way the world’s evolving, the talent that was more centred here is more mobile’ Brexit has had a damaging effect on London’s status as a global financial hub, with talent leaving the country, the boss of Goldman Sachs has warned, and other European cities benefitting. David Solomon, chairman and chief executive of the bank, said it is diverting staff away from London to rival cities such as Paris, Frankfurt and Munich, following the vote to leave the EU. Speaking to Sky’s The Master Investor Podcast with Wilfred Frost, he said: “The financial industry is still driven by…

‘Words must be matched by action’ The Trades Union Congress has today called on the government to immediately recognise Palestine and suspend the UK’s trade deal with Israel. The union body has said that given Israel’s ongoing violations of international law, it is “plain wrong” that Israeli goods are being imported to the UK with reduced tariffs.  In May, the government suspended trade talks to upgrade its free trade agreement with Israel. However, the current UK-Israel trade deal, which was agreed in 2022, remains in place. UK imports from Israel were £2.5 billion in the four quarters to the end…

Party sources claim the bills were racked up by someone who has now left Reform Reform UK spent £350 on a bottle of champagne at a luxury lunch and a £989-a-night hotel with hundreds of pounds in room service, its election campaign spending data has revealed.  According to the Guardian, during one £1,703 lunch at the Shard restaurant in May 2024, about four diners enjoyed set-course meals, the £352 magnum of champagne, another £155 bottle of Veuve Clicquot, three cocktails at £19.50 each, two £18 wines, a £24 gin and tonic, and an 18-year-old Glenfiddich whisky at £31. Electoral Commission…

The US president is expected to arrive for a five-day private visit to his luxury golf resorts at Turnberry in Ayrshire and Menie in Aberdeenshire. Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to Scotland is set to take place on Friday this week, and will cost the UK taxpayer more than £14 million. Trump’s expected visit to Scotland is separate to his full state visit to the UK.  The US president is expected to arrive for a five-day private visit to his luxury golf resorts at Turnberry in Ayrshire and Menie in Aberdeenshire. The Republican is set to open a new 18-hole golf…

Javier Milei has taken a chainsaw to the Argentinian state and caused poverty to soar to over 50% Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has made another astonishing statement, saying that she wants to be like far-right Argentinian President Javier Milei. Badenoch said in an interview with the Financial Times that she would use Milei as “the template” to renew her flagging party and the UK. In the interview, she was asked whether Britain needs a Milei, and whether she was such a politician. She replied: “Yes and yes”. This isn’t the first time the Tory leader has heaped praise on the…