did controversial Anonyvoter system rig his selection?
Jas Athwal, the Labour Party MP for Ilford South, is also a landlord. He’s renting out 15 flats that tenants are saying have slum conditions of mould and ant infestations.…
Starmer will get a nasty surprise when he finally gets back to work
When the UK voted the Labour Party into office at the beginning of July, Keir Starmer told us they’d inherited the worst economic circumstances since WWII. They then proceeded to…
Macron blocking left-wing alliance from forming new government
The Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) left-wing alliance won the most seats in France’s snap legislative election in early July. It took 182 seats, while president Emmanuel Macron’s ‘centrist’…
Tom Fowler says scandal changed Britain forever
The Spycops scandal saw secretive police units use undercover officers for decades to infiltrate activist groups. The Canary believes this is a massive issue that everyone needs to be more aware of. We…
Labour plans to remove members right to leadership vote
Keir Starmer’s team has reiterated plans to make it so only Labour Party MPs can vote for the next party leader, if the contest happens while Labour’s in government. A…
a permanent state is all around us, in shadow
This is the fifth and final part of Samantha Asumadu’s series on the ‘permanent state’. I did the best writing of my life in 2018/2019. I was in the midst…
Assemblies could be the way forward for UK democracy
If you feel locked out of politics, you’re not alone. It’s a widespread feeling in Britain thanks to our awful electoral system. But is there an antidote? Assemble spokesperson Yaz…
journalist under attack from security services?
In recent days, independent journalist Richard Medhurst was arrested and detained under counter-terrorism laws – presumably for his work around Israel and Gaza. However, Medhurst joins a long line of…
Richard Medhurst held by cops under counter-terror laws
Independent journalist Richard Medhurst was detained for 24 hours by cops at Heathrow airport under counter-terrorism laws – presumably, he believes, for his reporting on Israel and Gaza. Richard Medhurst:…
a look at the live launch in London (video)
The House of the People is an initiative from Assemble, which is a group with roots in the modern climate crisis movement. Its founders aren’t about sitting around and waiting…
Trudi Warner case dropped by new government
For the first time since March last year, Trudi Warner, a 69-year-old retired social worker, can go to sleep without the threat of imprisonment hanging over her. Trudi Warner: it’s…
Puigdemont defiantly returned to Catalonia despite arrest threat
Since 1714 Spain has treated Catalonia as a colony, with a fiscal plundering of €22 billion a year (10% of Catalonia’s GDP) and with a discriminative anti-Catalan attitude. This has…