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Grace Lewis in fight to keep her seat as she works to deliver real change
23 April 2026 @ 8:01 pm
Local elections are coming in thick and fast, with just two weeks remaining in this highly polarised contest. We spoke to Grace Lewis from Coventry, who was elected as a Labour councillor in 2024 before leaving the party. Citing the party’s support for genocide and its clear intention to impose even more harm to communities […]
By Maddison WheeldonPolanski calls for investigation of Labour’s relationship with MI6 firm
23 April 2026 @ 7:28 pm
Green party leader Zack Polanski has demanded a public inquiry into the Starmer Labour party’s relationship with a firm founded by British intelligence agents. OpenDemocracy has revealed that Keir Starmer’s top business adviser ran Hakluyt until he resigned as managing partner to work at Number 10, but still receives £112,000 a year from the firm […]
By SkwawkboxWhat is FIFA’s response to the proposal to replace Iran with Italy in the 2026 World Cup?
23 April 2026 @ 7:17 pm
The proposal to replace Iran with Italy in the 2026 World Cup finals has sparked widespread controversy, following media reports linking the idea to military developments in the region since late February, against the backdrop of escalating tensions between the United States and Israel against Tehran. According to the Financial Times, Paolo Zampoli, a close […]
By Alaa ShamaliUS has used HALF of key armaments in war on Iran — YEARS to replenish
23 April 2026 @ 7:00 pm
The US has used half of several of its key offensive and defensive armaments in its illegal, Israel-driven war on Iran. And it faces waits of years to replenish its stocks — with real risk of running out completely, according to the new analysis from CNN. Several other key munitions are also heavily depleted. The […]
By SkwawkboxRayo Vallecano, the little club with a big conscience
23 April 2026 @ 6:08 pm
In a football world increasingly shaped by corporate interests, Rayo Vallecano remain defiantly human. A neighbourhood club that has built its identity on solidarity, resistance, and a fierce loyalty to the persecuted. Their story is not just about football; it is about Vallecas, the working‑class barrio of Madrid that shaped them, and the values their […]
By Faz AliWho will drag Chelsea out of crisis and into greatness
23 April 2026 @ 5:31 pm
What happens next at Stamford Bridge feels less like a recruitment process and more like the next chapter in a long-running drama — one in which the cast keeps changing but the plot rarely does. Now the question becomes: when and how will Chelsea be pulled out of this quagmire? The dismissal of Liam Rosenior […]
By Faz Ali‘Beaten to a pulp’: girlfriend of Feltham child prisoner who died in custody speaks out
23 April 2026 @ 5:17 pm
A teenage boy died in custody at Young Offenders’ Institute (YOI) Feltham in West London on 20 April. His girlfriend has told reporters after identifying his body that he had been “beaten to a pulp”. Feltham has been described at the most violent jail in the UK’s already dysfunctional prison system. A death at Feltham […]
By Joe GlentonIran warns Hormuz undersea internet cables in danger if US-Israel attacks continue
23 April 2026 @ 5:08 pm
Iran’s state news agency Tasnim has published a map of the undersea cables running through the Strait of Hormuz in an evident warning to the US, Israel, and their enablers of the consequences of continued aggression. Because of the West’s block on access to the site, it can only be accessed via VPN. Iran is […]
By SkwawkboxManchester City are top, but for how long as title race heats up
23 April 2026 @ 5:02 pm
Manchester City may be top again, but their narrow win at Burnley has cracked the title race wide open and Arsenal will feel the door has been nudged back in their favour. The Premier League run‑in has entered its most volatile phase and if Wednesday night at Turf Moor proved anything, it’s that neither Manchester […]
By Faz AliBristol school did nothing wrong when postponing pro-Israel MP’s visit
23 April 2026 @ 4:54 pm
An independent review has confirmed that a school did nothing wrong when it postponed the visit of a pro-Israel MP (a vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel no less!). So as we said at the time, it seems it absolutely was just a non-story that cynical actors were stirring up to create a useful scandal. […]
By Ed Sykes