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Churchill statue activist appears in court over ‘finger-paint’ action
30 March 2026 @ 11:34 am
Dutch national Olax Outis from campaign group Free The Filton 24 Netherlands (NL) will appear at Southwark Crown Court on Monday 30 March after a month in prison without trial. Olax Outis in court Olax has been held in a UK prison for a month for allegedly defacing the Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square […]
By The CanaryZionist settlers intensify attacks against Palestinians in West Bank
30 March 2026 @ 11:17 am
While all eyes are focused on the bigger regional issues, there has been an unprecedented increase in settler violence across the occupied West Bank. Attacks on Palestinians by illegal “Israeli” colonists are no longer isolated acts of violence but a state policy of deliberate and organised terrorism. At a recent press briefing, Palestine’s minister of […]
By Charlie JaayGreen-Independent alliance ‘making history’ in Hackney local election
30 March 2026 @ 9:56 am
As Keir Starmer takes the Labour Party further and further right, a group of councillors in the London borough of Hackney finally left in May 2024. They became Hackney Independent Socialists. And almost two years later, they’re actively collaborating with the local Green Party to defeat Labour and the far right in May’s local elections. […]
By Ed SykesProtest scheduled outside ‘ludicrous’ trial of Palestine movement leaders
30 March 2026 @ 9:34 am
A protest has been scheduled outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 1 April at 9am. Supporters are expecting to hear the verdict in the trial of two leaders of the Palestine movement. Ben Jamal, director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), and Chris Nineham, vice chair of Stop the War Coalition (SWC), were both charged with public […]
By The CanaryCanary Catch Up: SNL UK is actually good and Momtok drama is bad
30 March 2026 @ 9:33 am
Hello and welcome back to Canary Catch Up, your one-stop shop for must-watch TV. That’s along with a healthy dose of hate watching and my favourite thing – gossip about people I don’t actually care about. I’m fully refreshed after a weekend in the Scottish Highlands, where I watched zero tv. But I have been […]
By Rachel Charlton-DaileyAngela Rayner tries to copy Zack Polanski but fails immediately
30 March 2026 @ 9:19 am
Labour’s Angela Rayner seems to be preparing for a leadership race once Keir Starmer’s gone and she apparently thinks she can emulate Green Party leader Zack Polanski’s successes. But if she really wanted to convince left-wingers to stop leaving Labour, she really shouldn’t have prioritised a chat with far-right racist Michael Gove. As political editor […]
By Ed SykesExpat Tommy Robinson complains Spain is full of migrants
29 March 2026 @ 6:37 pm
Tommy Robinson is the UK’s most infamous anti-migrant activist. Surprising no one, he’s also an ‘expat’ who legally lives in Spain. If you’re wondering what the difference is between a ‘migrant’ and an ‘expat’, it’s that you’re average expat is oblivious to the point that they say things like this: Imagine an immigrant in Spain […]
By Willem MooreShameless Boris Johnson just joked about missing WhatsApps
29 March 2026 @ 6:28 pm
As we’ve covered, the Labour Party‘s latest scandal centred on the WhatsApp messages sent between the disgraced Peter Mandelson and the also-disgraced Morgan McSweeney. We’ve criticised both men for years, so we were in a pretty good position to cover this story. The same cannot be said of one Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson: girl… […]
By Willem MooreIran has said the war ends when they say it ends
29 March 2026 @ 5:59 pm
Responding to their aggressors, Iran has said that the war isn’t over until they say it’s over: JUST IN: 🇮🇷 Iran says "as the victors, we will set the conditions for ending the war, and the enemies will be forced to accept them." — BRICS News (@BRICSinfo) March 27, 2026 The Iran quagmire The message […]
By Willem MooreReform has a new problem with women
29 March 2026 @ 5:37 pm
As reported by Reform Exposed, Nigel Farage‘s party is struggling to attract women candidates: Just 16 out of 74 in Scotland.#ScottishElections pic.twitter.com/wIEr4xSGWd — Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) March 29, 2026 Given Reform’s politics, this is entirely unsurprising. Reform’s Victorian mindset On 25 February, we reported that Reform have been talking about ending no-fault […]
By Willem Moore