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A fox is running in Makerfield by-election to challenge Hunting Act Loopholes
22 May 2026 @ 3:42 pm
A brave animal advocate has announced he will throw his hat into the ring for the upcoming Makerfield by-election. But there’s a catch. He’s going to be running dressed as a giant fox. Robert Pownall aims to directly defy Labour and it’s failure to strengthen the Hunting Act. This stunt is a direct message to […]
By AntifabotMuslims unite at funeral prayer for San Diego heroes
22 May 2026 @ 3:41 pm
A funeral prayer held on 21 May for three Muslim men killed in an Islamophobic hate-crime shooting in San Diego was attended by more than 2,000 people. The San Diego deadly anti-Muslim terror attack took place earlier this week. Two teenagers known for their white supremacist views were responsible for the attack. They fled the […]
By The CanaryPro-Palestine Greens tell party: stop binning candidates to pander to Israel lobby
22 May 2026 @ 3:30 pm
The Greens for Palestine group has issued a strong demand to its party functionaries: stop throwing our candidates under the bus to pander to the Israel lobby. The message comes after the Greens’ Makerfield by-election candidate stepped down – presumably pressured – for sharing a post about Golders Green. The group of party members wants to […]
By SkwawkboxLondon mayor Sadiq Khan and Met police in row over £50m Palantir deal
22 May 2026 @ 3:19 pm
London mayor Sadiq Khan has royally annoyed the Met Police after he blocked a £50m deal to hand the cops Palantir technology. Palantir is the genocide-linked AI war firm which has won major military and NHS contracts. Palantir’s founders have openly espoused a far-right ideology. The Guardian reported: After the UK’s largest police force had […]
By Joe Glenton“They have no soul but we’re stronger” – flotilla activist on Israel’s rape and violence
22 May 2026 @ 2:47 pm
Australian anti-genocide activist Juliet Lamont has spoken of the horrors she and other volunteer flotilla crew members suffered after their abduction by Israel in international waters. The Global Sumud Flotilla ships were trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians under Israel’s illegal starvation blockade. Deported crew members show signs of torture and report numerous rapes […]
By SkwawkboxPro-Israel influence inquiry petition to be debated on June 22
22 May 2026 @ 2:45 pm
A petition demanding a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on UK politics and democracy will be debated in Parliament on 22 June 2026, according to an update published on the Petitions Committee’s page on 21 May 2026. The petition reads: We feel that the horrific devastation in Gaza, the ongoing suppression of Palestinians in the […]
By The CanaryTrump is trying to reinstate US sanctions on humanitarian Francesca Albanese
22 May 2026 @ 2:38 pm
The Trump regime has filed an emergency appeal to try to overturn a court ruling blocking its punitive sanctions on UN rights and international law expert Francesca Albanese. The US had targeted Albanese, as well as International Criminal Court judges and lawyers, with heavy sanctions because of their pronouncements on Israel’s genocide and other crimes in […]
By SkwawkboxWatch: Reform’s would-be new Kirklees council leader doesn’t understand… anything much
22 May 2026 @ 2:27 pm
Kirklees council remains leaderless after councillors were unable to choose at a meeting yesterday; Reform are the biggest party, but short of a majority. Labour was wiped out in this month’s local elections. But the meeting saw some comedy as Reform UK’s would-be leader had to admit that neither she nor her 28 councillors understood […]
By SkwawkboxPremier League clubs ‘complicit in Israeli apartheid’ says report
22 May 2026 @ 2:24 pm
The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) and War on Want have issued letters to 15 Premier League clubs. They’re raising concerns about the clubs’ complicity in Israeli atrocities via their ties to companies linked to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and apartheid across the Occupied Palestinian Territories. These findings come from War on Want’s […]
By The CanaryNew EHRC guidance both clarifies and complicates the legal rights of trans people
22 May 2026 @ 1:55 pm
There is a familiar refrain that follows my partner and I as we navigate the UK’s public bathrooms. As a gender-nonconforming couple, we’re painfully aware of the transphobic discourse that overshadows our daily lives. Approaching a set of bathrooms whilst out and about, and not wanting to draw more attention to ourselves, one or both […]
By Em Colquhoun