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Private NHS providers made £1.6bn profit in just two years

13 April 2026 @ 2:00 pm

nhsThe government has been continuing the Tory, Lib Dem and New Labour agenda of increased NHS privatisation. And after nearly two years in power, private providers of NHS services have made £1.6bn in profit. The research The Centre for Health and the Public Interest analysed £12bn worth of contracts, which it emphasised are not all […] By James Wright

Israel commander cancels Italy trip after arrest application over war crimes

13 April 2026 @ 12:07 pm

israel comanderLegal action by the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has forced an alleged Israel war criminal to cancel a planned trip to Italy. Former Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) commander Ofer Winter has abandoned his visit to Europe after the HRF applied for an arrest warrant for him over his alleged involvement in 2014 atrocities and his […] By Skwawkbox

Your Party Scotland leadership declares party is ‘over’ after committee’s mass resignation

13 April 2026 @ 12:05 pm

Your Party Scotland logo on white a red backgroundThe leadership of Your Party Scotland (YPS) has resigned en masse, citing the consistent contempt shown towards members and the organisation north of the border. All 12 members of the Interim Scottish Executive Committee have unanimously left their roles and pledged to help form a new party. Your Party’s Interim Scottish Executive Committee (ISEC) was […] By The Canary

Farage increasingly isolated as pal Orban given the boot

13 April 2026 @ 11:47 am

Nigel Farage and Viktor OrbanOn 12 April, the people of Hungary voted out the loathsome Viktor Orbán. As we reported, the man who’s replacing him is another right-wing Zionist. What he’s not, however, is a member of the same network of would-be-despots as Nigel Farage. Increasingly, then, it’s looking like the global right-wing uprising that Farage was relying on […] By Willem Moore

Inspire Festival for the Airborne Aware marks a new chapter in COVID-conscious arts

13 April 2026 @ 11:43 am

Inspire FestivalInspire: A Performing Arts Festival by and for the Airborne Aware, a free Zoom festival running 15–19 April 2026, will bring together music, theater and comedy made by COVID-conscious artists for COVID-conscious audiences. It is the first known event of its kind to assemble these different genres of COVID-conscious performance into a single airborne-aware program. […] By Protect the Heart of the Arts

The Litani Doctrine: Israel’s 2026 Plan to Redraw the Levant

13 April 2026 @ 10:26 am

Litani RiverIn the lexicon of modern warfare, ‘connectivity’ is a target. In 2026, the Israeli Air Force has turned this concept into a grim reality along the banks of the Litani River in southern Lebanon. Through a terrorizing and systematic campaign of infrastructure destruction, the southern third of Lebanon is being physically detached from the rest […] By Mohamad Kleit

Pope responds to Trump picturing himself as Jesus

13 April 2026 @ 9:59 am

Image of Donald Trump as JesusIf you had to compare one living person to Jesus Christ, it would not be Donald Trump. You might actually say Trump is the polar opposite of Christ – a sort of ‘anti-Christ’, if you will. One person who disagrees, however, is the man himself: Good lord Jesus was famous for kicking the money lenders […] By Willem Moore

Iran mocks Trump’s ‘reverse blockade’ plan: so absurd there’s no meme for it

13 April 2026 @ 9:43 am

iranIran are mocking Donald Trump’s claim he is planning to impose a blockade on ships leaving or entering the Strait of Hormuz if Iran doesn’t give up its own control of who can pass along its coastline. Trump made the threat after his ‘three stooges’ team of amateur negotiators failed to bluster Iran’s diplomats into […] By Skwawkbox

Israel is crying about Spanish burning effigy of war criminal Netanyahu

13 April 2026 @ 9:37 am

israelIsrael is having a petulant hissy fit about Spain. Again. The occupation regime has cried that a Spanish village’s decision to use an effigy of genocidal war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu in its traditional Easter ceremony is – you’ve guessed it – antisemitic. The Israeli government – never one to shy away from displays of arrogance […] By Skwawkbox

Streeting monstered in new row with Polanski and the Greens

13 April 2026 @ 9:18 am

Zack Polanski, Wes Streeting, and Peter MandelsonOn Sunday 12 April, we reported that Wes Streeting is once again gearing up for a leadership challenge. Should Streeting become PM, he would have two key opponents: Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski. If you’re wondering how well Streeting would do against the latter, please see the below: pic.twitter.com/hTDrbVop3v — Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) April 12, […] By Willem Moore