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Europe’s Industrial Accelerator Act marks the rupture within the EU
18 February 2026 @ 11:53 pm
On 25 February 2026, the European Commission is expected to formally present the Industrial Accelerator Act, a comprehensive proposal designed to accelerate the decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries, secure strategic supply chains, and rebuild manufacturing competitiveness amid mounting external challenges. Behind the familiar language of climate transition and industrial resilience, however, lies something far more unsettling. […]
By Rares CocilnauRemoving Starmer won’t change the Labour Party enough to stop Farage
18 February 2026 @ 11:39 pm
If you lose every football match because your goalkeeper keeps booting the ball into their own net, shouting at the other team is pointless. Inventing new tactics to get past the other keeper is pointless, because the ball will always go past yours. That was true about Jeremy Corbyn. It is true about Keir Starmer. […]
By Femi OluwoleLondon former Labour council leader defects to Greens
18 February 2026 @ 10:00 pm
Southwark councillor James McAsh has defected to the Green Party from Labour with a blast at Starmer’s factionalism and red-Tory austerity politics. McAsh was elected as council leader in July 2025, but the central party moved to quash the result and installed a tame Starmeroid. In his resignation from Labour, McAsh said that he can […]
By SkwawkboxShady think tanks start the year as they mean to go on — demonising benefit claimants
18 February 2026 @ 9:37 pm
Murky think tanks lurking at Tufton Street and Westminster have begun the New Year with a shameful bang. That is to say, the usual way: by scapegoating benefit claimants. Here are all the (largely) opaquely-funded organisations helping the corporate media manufacture consent for cruel welfare cuts. This is what they’ve been up to so far […]
By Hannah SharlandArms Trade Corruption Tracker exposes NATO’s ‘highest-profile corruption scandal’
18 February 2026 @ 9:17 pm
Arms Trade Corruption Tracker (ATCT) have exposed reported Elbit contract suspensions at the behest of NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). In a decision taken last year, the NSPA took action to suspend over a dozen contracts linked to the Israeli arms company after anti-corruption investigations involving former NSPA staff. They add that: not all […]
By Maddison WheeldonTony Blair says his favourite film is Schindler’s List. No, really.
18 February 2026 @ 7:28 pm
Former PM, genocide supporter and on-the-loose war criminal Tony Blair has said another ridiculous thing — it must be a day ending in a ‘Y’. The hyper-wealthy friend of a cast of dictators, maniacs and war criminals to rival the steering committee of SPECTRE reckons his favourite film is Schindler’s List. The 1993 film centres […]
By Joe Glenton25,000 back calls for NatureScot to end controversial guga hunt
18 February 2026 @ 6:30 pm
More than 25,000 people have now signed a petition calling on NatureScot to stop licensing the controversial guga hunt. And pressure continues to mount on Scotland’s nature agency. The guga hunt – killing young gannets Each autumn, a group of men from the Isle of Lewis travel to the remote uninhabited island of Sula Sgeir […]
By The CanaryRamadan in Gaza two years after the war: fasting among tents and suffering amid rubble
18 February 2026 @ 6:04 pm
Two years after a war that left widespread destruction across the Gaza Strip, Ramadan returns amid an extremely complex humanitarian crisis. Feelings of joy at the arrival of the holy month are mixed with grief, displacement and the collapse of basic services. The population welcomes Ramadan burdened by loss. Longstanding traditions have been replaced by […]
By Alaa ShamaliAnother shade of blue? Nine ex-Reform councillors defect to Restore
18 February 2026 @ 5:28 pm
Seven Kent County councillors and two North Northamptonshire County Councillors have joined Restore Britain. Reform UK previously expelled six of them. Most of these were thrown out of Reform UK when @LeaderofKCC had her meltdown in the ‘suck it up’ cabinet meeting and the video was leaked. https://t.co/w5NmJN5AH8 — Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 (@reformexposed) […]
By HGThis military expert says UK leaders should be afraid to discipline Special Forces for war crimes
18 February 2026 @ 4:43 pm
Serious UK prime ministers should be afraid to discipline special forces troops over war crimes because they are so popular with the public. That’s according to Dr. Simon Anglim, who wrote a lengthy essay on the UK’s new ranger and special operations units. The essay makes a range of (in fairness, very interesting) points about […]
By Joe Glenton