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Reform’s London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham ‘is slumlord’
27 January 2026 @ 11:57 pm
According to reports in the Mirror, Reform UK’s mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham is co-owner of a parasite-riddled and mould-plagued ‘squat hotel’. Cunningham is running on a race-war platform. Her ‘New Dawn’ hotel — which sounds more like a fascist European party than a hotel — has: been swamped by negative reviews including complaints it has been […]
By SkwawkboxAutomated delivery vehicles are already on the ground in the UK. The left needs to wake up.
27 January 2026 @ 11:34 pm
Uber Eats and Starship Technologies have partnered to launch automated food deliveries in the UK. Rolling out in Leeds as of December 2025, robots will deliver takeaways and groceries. The automation company, Starship Technologies, touts that the deliveries “work profitably at city scale”. There’s no doubt about that. When labour is removed from the equation, […]
By James WrightUnsurprisingly, water companies want Ofwat scrapped sooner
27 January 2026 @ 11:15 pm
Water companies are encouraging the government to scrap Ofwat, the water regulator, sooner than planned. Ofwat currently prevents water companies from increasing bills. It also has the power to fine companies if it decides they have breached their licence. Ofwat replacement ‘Real accountability’ A recent government white paper proposed a new regulator with the power to […]
By HGWorsening health crisis in Gaza: 20,000 patients denied life-saving treatment
27 January 2026 @ 11:01 pm
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has warned of a serious health crisis in the Gaza Strip. Thousands of patients are being prevented from travelling abroad for treatment, despite completing all official medical procedures. This directly threatens their lives and places unprecedented strain on the health system. According to a press release seen by the Canary, […]
By Alaa ShamaliNorway to phase out fast-growing ‘Frankenchickens’ by 2027
27 January 2026 @ 8:18 pm
Animal welfare advocates have hailed a ‘historic moment’ as the Norwegian chicken industry announces a total transition away from fast-growing chicken breeds by the end of 2027. Norway raises 70 million chickens for meat every year. And it will become the first country in the world to transition to 100% higher welfare breeds. This could […]
By The CanaryNew research reveals a massive swing back to climate-hostility in right-wing newspaper editorials
27 January 2026 @ 7:57 pm
Over the course of 2025, a record-breaking number of mainstream newspaper editorials spoke out to oppose climate action. The total, nearing 100 articles, demonstrates the complicity of the right-wing press in the destruction of our planet. That’s according to new analysis from climate-focused independent news site Carbon Brief. The researchers analysed editorials – articles setting out […]
By Alex/Rose CockerIsrael murders Lebanese TV presenter
27 January 2026 @ 7:37 pm
After murdering hundreds of Palestinian journalists and their families in Gaza, Israel has exported its targeting of reporters to Lebanon. The occupation murdered Ali Nour Al-Din, a television journalist with Lebanese broadcaster Al-Manar, in a strike on the southern city of Tyre. Nour Al-Din was severely wounded in the strike yesterday, 26 January 2025, and […]
By SkwawkboxDLR cleaners will strike alongside City Hall outsourcing protest
27 January 2026 @ 7:21 pm
Outsourced cleaners will strike alongside a protest at Transport for London’s (TfL) Board meeting on 4 February. This will increase pressure on mayor Sadiq Khan over outsourcing and democratic control of the capital’s transport system. Outsourcing cleaners The protest, starting at 9.30am at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London E16 1ZE, comes amid ongoing strike […]
By The CanaryRacist rag The Spectator publishes vile anti-Irish screed
27 January 2026 @ 7:05 pm
Tory-aligned toilet paper The Spectator has published a column from long-time anti-Irish bigot Julie Burchill, in which she characterises the country as a backwater populated by the “simple-minded”, Nazi sympathisers and antisemites. The column’s main thrust is a vacuous interest in celebrity attachment to Ireland. Burchill expresses amazement at the likes of Steve Coogan and Daniel […]
By Robert FreemanMisinformation and lies: Reform UK play on fears of elderly veterans to get elected
27 January 2026 @ 6:33 pm
Reform UK has announced a new policy to ‘defend our troops’. In reality, they want to play on the fears of elderly veterans, while attacking the rule of law. Using a tried-and-tested Tory trope, the far-right party said it will prevent past and future prosecutions of armed forces personnel if elected. Reform’s head of policy […]
By Joe Glenton