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Gaza enters eighth day without water
22 January 2026 @ 1:39 pm
Gaza’s municipality is warning that more than 85 percent of the city has been without water for the eighth consecutive day. Meanwhile, Israel continues to flatten vital facilities. The crisis is centred on water in Gaza. The Palestinian Water Authority has said that northern Gaza is the most affected in the strip. Gaza’s water woes […]
By Alaa ShamaliImmunity clause for Troubles killers dropped after Westminster vote
22 January 2026 @ 1:11 pm
The British parliament has voted to scrap conditional immunity for those accused of crimes during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Remedial Order amends the Legacy Act 2023, brought in by the Conservative government largely as a cynical means of shelving cases against British army veterans. The Order passed by a margin of 373-106. It […]
By Robert FreemanDisability Arts Online announces dis_place virtual gallery’s first curated exhibition
22 January 2026 @ 12:15 pm
Disability Arts Online presents I need to be more than a lesson you learned – the first exhibition to be curated for its digital gallery dis_place. Curated by new in-house curator Nathalie Boobis, this free exhibition brings together work by nine artists, including three new commissions. I need to be more than a lesson you […]
By The CanaryDWP called out for dodging responsibility for carers scandal
22 January 2026 @ 11:28 am
MPs have criticised senior Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures over their handling of the carers allowance scandal. Their “absolutely unacceptable behaviour” resulted in hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers facing huge debts. The issue was brought under the spotlight by the Work and Pensions Committee. Peter Schofield, permanent secretary of the DWP, responded […]
By Rachel Charlton-DaileyIran’s Central Bank is moving vast amounts of cryptocurrency that Nigel Farage recommended to the Bank of England
22 January 2026 @ 10:40 am
A new report has revealed that Iran’s central bank is using huge amounts of cryptocurrency issued by the company Tether — an issuer of crypto assets. And guess who routinely sings the praises of Tether and its unregulated monopoly money? None other than the UK’s own Nigel Farage. The banks acquisition of these digital assets […]
By Alex/Rose CockerTrade Secretary Peter Kyle accused of not decalaring membership of Friends of Israel
22 January 2026 @ 9:59 am
Declassified UK have published a damning investigation into UK Trade Secretary Peter Kyle and his relationship with Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). Their findings have led to deeply concerning allegations of an ‘egregious’ breach to the ministerial code. And it comes with receipts: Kyle is a Labour Friend of Israel Declassified UK reported that Kyle has […]
By Maddison WheeldonWatch: ‘Don’t worry about ICE coming to the UK – it’s already here’
22 January 2026 @ 9:46 am
UK people shouldn’t be worried that Trump’s fascist ICE thugs will be coming to the UK – because ICE is already here. That’s the message from TikTok user JanBelinda, who told the horrifying story of her family’s experience. Not just of the UK’s version of ICE, but of the appalling reality the racist UK system […]
By SkwawkboxZack Polanski to hand in NHS contract termination notice to Palantir
22 January 2026 @ 7:00 am
Zack Polanski is telling defence surveillance corporation Palantir to “pack its bags and get the hell out of the NHS”. At 9.30am on 22 January, the Green Party leader will deliver a notice of contract termination to Palantir’s London office. The company has a seven year £330m contract with the NHS to build the ‘NHS […]
By The CanaryMusk & O’Leary engage in X-based battle of the bastards
21 January 2026 @ 11:56 pm
There was a time when billionaires were keen to manage their public image, fearful of having the wealth they stole instead redistributed among those that actually produced it. John D. Rockefeller famously handed out dimes to children as a means of burnishing his reputation. Elon Musk, in contrast, has his generative Ai machine to undress […]
By Robert FreemanExclusive: Transport union boss Eslamdoust de-recognises GMB union for doing union stuff
21 January 2026 @ 11:28 pm
As Skwawkbox has reported, TSSA transport union general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust went to the Guardian to attack the GMB union for representing GMB members. GMB represents TSSA staff in their workplace, but Eslamdoust insists the GMB is ‘constantly interfering’ by fighting for its members’ needs. As far as Eslamdoust wants us to believe, she is […]
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