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New Torygraph owners demand fealty to Israel from staff

15 April 2026 @ 6:23 pm

TelegraphThe Zionist new owners of the Telegraph — already a hard-right, pro-Israel rag — have made support for Israel compulsory among its staff. Despite claiming ‘free speech’ as a core value, support for Israel is also “core” and non-negotiable — and second on its list of priorities. Germany’s Axel Springer media is taking over the paper […] By Skwawkbox

Israeli politicians/media have ’emptied’ the term antisemitism of ‘analytic meaning’, Israeli university finds

15 April 2026 @ 6:09 pm

antisemitismA top Israeli university has found that Israel’s leaders and press have emptied the term antisemitism of meaning by using the it as a cheap tool to attack those critical of the settler-colonial state. Tel Aviv University’s global antisemitism report is truly damning — though not without its limitations in regard to Israel’s demonstrably genocidal […] By Joe Glenton

Iran’s football coach confirms participation in the 2026 World Cup

15 April 2026 @ 4:33 pm

Iran national football team coach, Amir Ghalenoei, throws a football in the air with one hand while the other rests confidently in his pocket. He resembles a strong statue and stares at the ball in mid-air.Iran’s national football team plans to participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the US despite ongoing military and political tensions. The national team coach, Amir Ghalenoei, told the Iranian news agency, IRNA: There is currently no reason preventing us from participating. God willing, we will participate. He added that the Iranian Football Federation […] By Alaa Shamali

Unison’s Andrea Egan blasts Labour and Reform in conference speech

15 April 2026 @ 3:55 pm

Andrea Egan speaking at the 2026 Unison health conference wearing her Unison lanyard and standing infront of a micUnison’s general secretary called out the “broken” NHS funding review body and backed striking workers as part of a barnstorming welcome speech on the opening day of its annual health conference. Speaking at the 2026 National Health Care Service Group Conference on Monday, Andrea Egan issued a call for international solidarity with racialised, LGBTQ+ and […] By Alex/Rose Cocker

The latest transphobic code of practice from the EHRC is ready

15 April 2026 @ 3:54 pm

ehrcOn 14 April, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced that it had submitted its latest attempt at a ‘single-sex spaces’ code of practice to parliament. The news comes a year after the Supreme Court ruled that ‘woman’ is defined by sex-assigned-at-birth under the Equality Act. Women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson subsequently announced […] By Alex/Rose Cocker

BBC asylum investigation misses the point

15 April 2026 @ 3:45 pm

Undercover BBC investigatorOn 15 April, the BBC published an investigation into a “shadow industry of law firms and advisers… charging thousands of pounds to help migrants pretend to be gay in order to stay in the UK”. As ever, the focus of the investigation misses the point. Namely, that hostile immigration policies force people to take increasingly desperate […] By Willem Moore

Reform’s Lee Anderson branded ‘pathetic’ by teacher

15 April 2026 @ 3:15 pm

Lee Anderson and the woman who heckled him, reformWe recently reported that a heckler on the Shetland Islands had given Nigel Farage the business – later that same day, another British citizen would take it to a Reform MP – this time Lee Anderson: "So stick your little racist flags where the sun dont shine.." Lee Anderson called a "scumbag" by woman during […] By Willem Moore

‘Criticise Palantir, lose your job’, NHS staff told

15 April 2026 @ 2:53 pm

palantirNHS data analytics staff have been told they will lose their jobs if they keep on criticising the government’s £330m software from murderous US spy software firm Palantir. The threat comes despite calls from doctors, privacy and safety experts, lawyers and human rights groups for the NHS to bin the software, which gathers sensitive patient data. […] By Skwawkbox

Reform activist said ‘Hitler was right’

15 April 2026 @ 2:53 pm

reformIn the runup to the local elections, we’ve been reporting on the horrorshow that is Reform UK’s campaign. Most of our articles have focused on candidate controversies, and these stories have somehow gotten worse and worse by the day. For the latest example of this, we present Aaron Lee Taylor: 🚨 NEW: ‘Hitler was right’, […] By Willem Moore

Labour calls ex-voters who’ve gone Green ‘antisemites’

15 April 2026 @ 2:42 pm

Steve Reed pointing at bad Labour pollingAs we reported on 15 April 2026, Labour have lost half their voters since the 2024 election. Most of these have gone to the Green Party, and given that, you’d think Labour would be doing everything they could to win these people back. Instead, housing minister Steve Reed has suggested that many of the voters […] By Willem Moore