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BBC drama ‘Years and Years’ predicted our dystopian reality
2 June 2026 @ 10:01 pm
In May 2019, I sat down with my mum in her living room and watched the first episode of Years and Years. This is a dystopian BBC drama created by screenwriter Russell T Davies. He is the same man who brought back Doctor Who in the mid-noughties. Since watching it in 2019, the six-part series […]
By Yousra Samir ImranAustralia: Public inquiry overdue for secretive, expensive AUKUS pact
2 June 2026 @ 9:15 pm
The AUKUS war pact between the US, UK and Australia is expensive, secretive, and the “worst defence decision” since WWII. That’s according to a respected Australian expert, who says a proper inquiry is long overdue. Ian Lowe, an emeritus professor at Griffith University, Queensland, published a recent critique of the deal, saying it was: Negotiated […]
By Joe GlentonColombia may soon have a pro-Israel Trumpian president
2 June 2026 @ 8:26 pm
A brash Trump- and Israel-aligned millionaire — Abelardo De la Espriella — has come out ahead in the first round of Colombia’s presidential election. Colombia’s left-wing government has strongly criticised Israel’s genocide and resisted Trump’s attempts to reassert US influence in Latin America. Meanwhile, De la Espriella has vowed to reverse these results and restore […]
By Ed SykesReform councillor pictured in Blackface and Rasta hat
2 June 2026 @ 7:34 pm
Geoff Shaw is one of the new crop of Reform UK councillors who were elected to office in May 2026. And like many of his new colleagues, Shaw is already attracting all the wrong sort of attention: Reform UK’s Councillor Geoff Shaw, black face with ‘rasta wig’. Theydon Bois, Epping Forest District Council. Any comment […]
By Willem MooreFilton 24 retrials put justice on trial, says Liverpool MP
2 June 2026 @ 7:27 pm
Labour’s Liverpool Riverside MP Kim Johnson spoke out against the Starmer regime’s determination to convict the ‘Filton 24’ activists. The group had been imprisoned for up to two years awaiting trial. Starmer and his front-bench drones forced a retrial of the ‘Filton 24’ anti-genocide activists who damaged an Israeli weapons factory. The jury at the […]
By SkwawkboxPalantir gets to decide what weapons Britain should buy
2 June 2026 @ 6:51 pm
UK ministers and generals are using Palantir software to decide which Palantir products to buy. By modelling battles through the far-right tech firm’s Foundry software, officials hope to outsource thinking … then again, thinking has rarely been our governments’ strong suit. Anyway, the Murdoch-owned Times reported on 1 June: The US tech firm Palantir is […]
By Joe GlentonRMT calls for insourcing of all railway staff following Thameslink nationalisation
2 June 2026 @ 6:24 pm
Rail union RMT is demanding all Govia Thameslink Railway staff be brought into direct employment after the train company became the latest to be brought under public control. The union has been campaigning for all elements of the railway to come into public ownership. And it has welcomed the commitment by the government to launch […]
By The CanaryTrump’s latest Lebanon remarks are the same old nonsense
2 June 2026 @ 5:51 pm
Donald Trump has claimed that Israel and Hezbollah have “agreed to halt attacks” after indirect talks through intermediaries. Trump wrote: I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop – that Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel. Bearing in mind that no US […]
By HGHidden boat ownership risks fuelling illegal fishing in UK waters
2 June 2026 @ 5:47 pm
Less than a quarter of the UK’s largest commercial fishing vessels may have clear ownership transparency. And this is creating a systemic blind spot in UK fisheries governance. Environmental law organisation ClientEarth has laid out these findings in a new analysis: Whose Boat Is This? The current regulatory gap on commercial fishing vessel ownership risks […]
By The CanaryStudent loans inquiry into ‘mountain’ of degree debts begins
2 June 2026 @ 5:33 pm
Student organisations and experts are launching an inquiry into the defunct debt-bondage system of student loans across England. In particular, the National Union of Students (NUS) wants the inquiry to look at the interest rates. Additionally, it will examine threshold repayment mechanisms. The loans inquiry can’t come soon enough for many students or graduates on […]
By Cameron Baillie