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The Fraud author Paul Holden says Starmer faction is scared of the Canary
10 December 2025 @ 11:03 am
Author of The Fraud, Paul Holden, appeared in Liverpool last night (Tuesday 9 December 2025), with former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein, who halved Keir Starmer’s majority in last year’s general election, and Jewish Green councillor Jo Bird, to discuss his groundbreaking book The Fraud, which exposes the Starmer faction’s war on democracy and the left. […]
By Skwawkbox
Anti-genocide activists’ trial exposes Starmer collusion with Israel
10 December 2025 @ 10:34 am
The trial of six anti-genocide activists in London has once again exposed close coordination between the Starmer regime with the organs of the illegitimate state of Israel. Specifically, during the trial of Palestine Action activists known as the Filton 24 it has been revealed that Israeli-owned arms company Elbit had access to evidence the activists’ […]
By Skwawkbox
EXCLUSIVE: Tommy Robinson being investigated by Met for racist hate speech
9 December 2025 @ 11:41 pm
The Met Police is investigating far-right racist ‘Tommy Robinson’ for hate speech. It comes after he made a social media comment calling political commentator Bushra Shaikh a ‘coconut’ for wanting to debate him over his Islamophobic tirade about Muslims supposedly wanting to take over the UK. Tommy Robinson: in trouble again? Referring to supposed ‘taqqiya’, […]
By Skwawkbox
Renowned Irish republicans back Palestine Action hunger strikers
9 December 2025 @ 11:05 pm
The eight Palestine Action-linked prisoners on hunger strike are mounting the most significant challenge to the British state since the 1981 hunger strikes by republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. Police arrested the activists for anti-genocide actions including alleged raids on weapons manufacturer Elbit and spraying paint on British warplanes. It was significant that Tommy McKearney, […]
By Robert Freeman
Police apathy fuels anti-immigrant protests in Newcastle
9 December 2025 @ 10:17 pm
Nineteen weeks have passed since the far-right anti-immigrant group, the Great British Strike, began holding recurring protests outside New Bridge Hotel in Newcastle, which houses individuals engaged with the asylum system. The protests have displayed a disturbing pattern of racist intimidation towards vulnerable communities. Police don’t stand in the way of the far-right racists who […]
By Barold
Metrolink strikes deal double whammy to festive plans
9 December 2025 @ 9:13 pm
After a very brief postponement for negotiations, tram drivers for Metrolink Manchester are once again planning to strike. As before, the workers are striking over the dangerous levels of fatigue they’re being forced to endure. Later this month, around 320 tram drivers from KeolisAmey Metrolink Limited will join the strikes. The workers overwhelmingly voted to […]
By Alex/Rose Cocker
Eight teams set for the Arab Cup quarter-finals
9 December 2025 @ 8:03 pm
The 2025 Arab Cup quarter-finals are now locked in. Algeria secured the top spot in its group, beating Iraq 2-0. Bahrain triumphed over Sudan with a hard-fought 2-1 victory. While significant for the Gulf nation, this result has not shaken up the quarter-final line-up in the Arab Cup. With these results, the eight teams vying […]
By Alaa Shamali
The colonial fault lines that divide Lebanon and Palestine
9 December 2025 @ 6:28 pm
The boundary separating Lebanon and Palestine today wasn’t a random accident. It was shaped by European colonial powers, you guessed it Britain and France, with little regard for the people it would impact. What they saw as a “backward” border would later fuel Zionist expansion into the Galilee and Israel’s multiple incursions into Lebanon. As […]
By Mohammad Fakih
Jordan stun Egypt who crash out of the Arab Cup without a single victory
9 December 2025 @ 5:59 pm
In the final round of group matches in the Arab Cup, Jordan dealt a crushing blow to Egypt’s hopes for progression. Despite already having qualified for the tournament, they beat Egypt with a resounding 3-0 victory. The Jordanian team, nicknamed “Al-Nashama” (The Chivalrous Ones), delivered a powerful performance, confirming their dominance in the group and […]
By Alaa Shamali
Child Poverty strategy promises to tackle child homelessness
9 December 2025 @ 5:42 pm
The government has finally released its Tackling Child Poverty strategy, which it claims will lift 550,000 children out of poverty by 2029. It comes as a record 4.45m children in the UK are living in poverty. In total, the strategy will see the household incomes of 7.1m children increase, lifting 1.4m children out of “deep […]
By HG