AS THERESA MAY risked UK and Syrian lives with a military attack on targets in Syria last night, opposition came from many UK sources. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn gave a quick and concise response, saying, “Bombs won’t save lives or bring about ...
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Theresa May defends UK part in Syria bombing
THE LAST TIME Parliament discussed whether to bomb Syria, it voted against taking action. Nonetheless, when offered the chance to put UK and Syrian lives at risk last night, Prime Minister Theresa May joined in. Today May said that she ...
Read More »Britain First leaders jailed for hate crime
BRITAIN FIRST is in crisis as its Leader and Deputy Leader are jailed for religiously aggravated harassment. Sentencing the two, Judge Barron said that they had demonstrated hostility towards Muslims and the Muslim faith. Jayda Fransen gained notoriety last year ...
Read More »Biggs accepts call to stand up to racism
JOHN BIGGS, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, went to the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre last week to receive a petition handed to him by Dilowar Khan, Director of Engagement for the Mosque. The petition called for action ...
Read More »Rabina and the words of Holocaust and hatred
TODAY IS Holocaust Memorial Day – and Cllr Rabina Khan has marked the occasion with an article in The Independent. She explores how words can be used to encourage hate and even provoke violence – and how we can use words ...
Read More »Corbyn sticks to script amid Tory disarray
IF YOU’RE IN A HOLE, stop digging. That’s a phrase the Tories seem to have forgotten this month as squabbling Ministers make it every plainer that the Tory Government is having a hard time. Theresa May must be running out ...
Read More »Top Tories are squabbling again
IS IT TURNING into UKIP? Tory Party members must be wondering whether they have woken up in another party, as leading Tories in the Government are squabbling with each other in a way we usually only see in UKIP. The ...
Read More »Human Appeal eases suffering in Gaza
THERE’S ONE household in Gaza whose story has been told by the charity Human Appeal – so that others can appreciate what winter conditions are like in this tiny territory. This is the story Human Appeal has told. Mahrous Khalil Zu’rob, ...
Read More »Biggs hosts festival of wishful thinking
IT WAS FOUR HOURS OF talking, vision and passion – and no discussion of how to keep basic services going under the Tory Government’s austerity regime. That was the “partnership summit” last week. The event brought the public, private and ...
Read More »Ohid Ahmed – in his own words
Cllr Ohid Ahmed won an unprecedented victory at the Council meeting on 17th January, when the ruling Labour Group of Councillors not only allowed him to move a motion – but actually supported it! While local historians thumb through the ...
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