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Mandelson hides behind ‘grieving family’ clause to secretly demand end to Epstein scrutiny
7 February 2026 @ 12:27 am
Disgraced former minister, peer and key Starmer adviser Peter Mandelson has tried to exploit editors’ code clauses usually reserved for grieving families to demand freedom from media scrutiny over his ardent relationship with serial child-rapist Jeffrey Epstein. It hasn’t worked out too well. Mandelson told a representative to contact mainstream press pseudo-regulator IPSO invoking clauses […]
By SkwawkboxJewish Chronicle worries more about antisemitism now than when Hitler was in power
6 February 2026 @ 10:25 pm
The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has posted a peer-reviewed study which shows a ‘dramatic escalation’ in the Jewish Chronicle (JC) crying antisemitism. The JC is a right-wing British newspaper with a history of having to make public retractions. Now, the ELSC have shown that the JC alleges antisemitism more often today than it did […]
By Maddison WheeldonIsrael sends 55 mutilated bodies, 66 bags of skulls to Gaza hospital
6 February 2026 @ 9:15 pm
The Israeli occupation sent a grisly delivery to what’s left of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza yesterday, 5 February. Bags were delivered containing dismembered bodies and body parts. Speaking to al-Arabi, hospital director Dr Mohammed Abu Silmiya said that the occupation had delivered 66 bags of human body parts along with 55 Palestinian corpses to […]
By SkwawkboxUK right-wingers quiet as Israel destroys graves of WW1 & WW2 soldiers
6 February 2026 @ 8:52 pm
Israel has destroyed the graves of World War One and World War Two soldiers in Gaza. And as critics have highlighted, UK right-wingers would have had a very different response to this desecration if Palestinians had been responsible. Nothing is safe from Israel’s genocidal destruction Although an October 2025 ceasefire slowed the pace of Israel’s […]
By Ed SykesThis is what everyone’s missing about Margot Robbie’s necklace
6 February 2026 @ 7:41 pm
On the red carpet at the premiere of Wuthering Heights – Australian actress Margot Robbie, when asked about her stunning necklace made two glaringly inaccurate statements. Firstly, Robbie legitimises the ownership of the jewel to Hollywood: It’s Elizabeth Taylor’s necklace. It is the Taj Mahal diamond that Richard Burton gave it to her… there is […]
By Nandita LalYour Party blocks Grassroots Left member from election oversight committee, in latest drama
6 February 2026 @ 7:08 pm
Your Party has allegedly blocked a member of Zarah Sultana’s Grassroots Left slate from sitting on a committee responsible for making sure upcoming internal elections are conducted in a fair manner. This raises concerns because the person was blocked by a senior member of Jeremy Corbyn’s opposing slate, The Many. It raises questions about just […]
By Maddison WheeldonWhat has the profession forgotten? Guardiola coaches journalists too
6 February 2026 @ 6:19 pm
Pep Guardiola’s press conference was not a routine preview of a Manchester City match. Nor was it about tactics, results, or team selection. What happened was something else entirely. The coach, known for teaching football with philosophical rigour, stepped off the pitch and asked a painful question about an entire profession: why is the press […]
By Alaa ShamaliHindutva supremacists lecture the British government about Islamophobia
6 February 2026 @ 5:44 pm
It shouldn’t shock anyone that an organisation whose founder and director publicly wrote, “Hinduism is the father of all religions. Islam is a bad copy. Islam is against humanity”, is opposed to defining and addressing anti-Muslim hate. What might shock some is that this organisation, Hindu Council UK (HCUK), has the ear of mainstream media outlets […]
By Rajiv Sinha78% of the UK supports rent controls. But why control a scam when you can abolish it?
6 February 2026 @ 5:37 pm
YouGov polling from February 2026 shows 78% of the UK public support rent controls. But why regulate a scam when you can get rid of it? That’s what the Green Party is proposing. The Green Party position The Green Party has rent nailed in their “Abolish Landlords” policy, which was successfully voted on at their […]
By James WrightBREAKING: police raid Mandelson’s properties in Epstein hit
6 February 2026 @ 5:25 pm
Police have raided two properties belonging to disgraced former Starmer adviser Peter Mandelson as part of their investigation into misconduct in public office and insider trading. Mandelson resigned from Labour and the House of Lords after details of his leaks of sensitive government and financial information to serial child-rapist Jeffrey Epstein were exposed by the […]
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