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Geraldine Coggins from the Green Party comes out on top in mayoral hustings

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Geraldine Coggins from the Green Party comes out on top in mayoral hustings

The Manchester Evening News (MEN) hosted a hustings debate for the mayoral candidates in Greater Manchester, scoring the candidates on how well they commanded the room, how comfortable they were facing questions, and who presented strong arguments for their political parties. It also graded people on their ability to save face answering the toughest questions and exposed how some of the candidates are just not up to the task of being a political leader. With the Green Party’s Geraldine Coggins coming out on top, and the Reform candidate just behind her, it really does seem that the race will be between…

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Robert Jenrick joins the list of Reform MPs who took money from convicted fraudsters

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Robert Jenrick joins the list of Reform MPs who took money from convicted fraudsters

The Metropolitan Police has now launched a formal investigation into potential wrongdoing following an Electoral Commission investigation into reports that a £37.5k donation to Robert Jenrick’s Tory leadership campaign had originated overseas — Reform UK isn’t alone. The most troubling detail is that funds said to have been donated by Spott Fitness businessman Phillip Ullmann actually contained a £37.5k sum donated by a US company Innovyz. The company’s founder is Gary Klopfenstein, a convicted fraudster in the US who pleaded guilty in 2024 for wire fraud. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told the Guardian: We have launched an investigation following a referral from…

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Green Party lays out its manifesto for Greater Manchester

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Green Party lays out its manifesto for Greater Manchester

The Green Party has announced its manifesto ahead of the upcoming mayoral election for Greater Manchester after Labour’s Andy Burnham stepped down to run for MP in Makerfield and will likely be the next PM. The party’s bold new manifesto aims to break from Burnham’s model, arguing it rewarded developers, priced ordinary people out of local homes, and funnelled investment into the city centre while leaving surrounding communities underfunded and chronically overlooked. Coggins announced her new plan for change in Hulme alongside party leader Zack Polanski, co-deputy Mothin Ali and Gorton and Denton MP Hannah Spencer, powerfully stating: We need real…

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Carol Vorderman facing resounding calls to stand against Farage in Clacton to challenge Reform UK

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Carol Vorderman facing resounding calls to stand against Farage in Clacton to challenge Reform UK

Calls are growing across social media for progressive Carol Vorderman to take on Nigel Farage in the upcoming Clacton by-election. The by-election was sparked after the Reform UK leader quit his seat while facing scrutiny over millions in donations that should have been declared. The standards commissioner is still investigating him, bankers reportedly raised concerns over possible money laundering, and now Farage has triggered another by-election. Coincidence? We think not. Whatever the motive, Farage is clearly backing himself to stroll straight back into Westminster. However, his only competition currently is Count Binface and Laurence Fox, which has led many to see…

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Health groups urge Burnham to scrap “deadly” NHS agreement with Trump to save over 200k lives

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Health groups urge Burnham to scrap “deadly” NHS agreement with Trump to save over 200k lives

19 health groups have co-authored a letter sent to new Makerfield MP and likely-PM Andy Burnham to urge him to scrap a terrible agreement made with Trump which could see almost 230k preventable deaths. The new deal will divert £44.7bn from essential health services to cover the cost of new medicines, which comes as a huge boon for greedy Big Pharma and a foreboding death knell for hundreds of thousands of British citizens. Academics from the University of York, Liverpool and Christchurch hospital in New Zealand have found that this level of reduction in NHS spending to foot the bill for…

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Anti-diversity narrative has apparently become mainstream view with thanks to rise of the far-right

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Anti-diversity narrative has apparently become mainstream view with thanks to rise of the far-right

A new report written by a former government adviser on extremism has raised huge alarm about the “vanishingly small” window for a new PM to be able to take action to curb the growing division and hate in the UK. Sara Khan’s analysis reveals a stark image of the current — and growing — lack of harmony in the UK with the report finding that over half of Brits believe that the country is losing its national identity as a result of diversity. Additionally, it apparently found that 40% of people thought that Muslims are not even capable of integration. According…

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Criminal charges to be filed against senator in Paraguay for her “utterly abhorrent” racist remarks at Mbappé

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Criminal charges to be filed against senator in Paraguay for her “utterly abhorrent” racist remarks at Mbappé

A senator in Paraguay, Celeste Amarilla, is set to face criminal charges in a case levelled by the French Football Federation (FFF). In recent racist comments aimed at France’s Kylian Mbappé, she called him a: colonised Cameroonian, desperately trying to pass himself off as French Adding he is a: brute who had not learned to write Captain of the France World Cup team, Mbappé gave a damning response to her racist hate: Madame Celeste Amarilla, you are a despicable woman and unworthy of your position. You do not represent Paraguay, that country which has sweated passion and honour throughout the competition.…

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MPs accuse student loan system of “mis-selling” generation of graduates

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MPs accuse student loan system of “mis-selling” generation of graduates

MPs from the Treasury Committee have released a new report which accuses the government of mis-selling student loans, pointing out that comparisons to mobile phone bills or cinema tickets were not reflective of the true cost of repayments. The MPs also want Chancellor Rachel Reeves to scrap plans to freeze the repayment threshold for people on the expensive Plan 2 loans. As things stand, it’ll stay at £29,385 from 2027 to 2030, instead of going up with inflation, meaning many graduates will end up paying back more. This choice to freeze – which will increase students’ repayments year on year if…

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Trump confirms he asked FIFA to revoke US striker’s red card

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Trump confirms he asked FIFA to revoke US striker’s red card

Donald Trump has, remarkably, confirmed that he intervened with FIFA to overturn a red card for US striker Folarin Balogun. The World Cup 2026 has not been without political themes this tournament, particularly considering how players and referees have been prevented from making it into the US to compete with their national teams.  However, Trump’s latest intervention really takes the biscuit. The lawless US President lobbied FIFA in three phone calls made since 29 June to suspend a red card levelled against US striker Folarin Balogun. This lobbying has been successful, with the President saying: Thank you to FIFA for doing…

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Labour’s Lucy Powell targets free speech, not Big Tech

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Labour’s Lucy Powell targets free speech, not Big Tech

During a recent LBC interview, deputy leader of the Labour party, Lucy Powell rightly called out X as a “toxic and difficult environment“, adding that the government should consider stronger regulation. But her comments, as usual, have missed the mark. For Powell, the concern is less about the harm social media causes to everyday life, but the influence it can have for political parties during election campaigns. When it comes to protecting children online, the outgoing Labour leader, Starmer, chose to restrict access rather than properly regulate these platforms. Yet when social media, which is undeniably more democratic than traditional media, could…

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Reform UK’s Braverman believes the UK should be compensated for its colonial pillages

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Reform UK’s Braverman believes the UK should be compensated for its colonial pillages

Reform UK’s far-right MP Suella Braverman claims the UK should receive reparations for its “investment, effort and contribution” to the colonies. This appalling suggestion came after Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy posted on X about Jamaica making the (long overdue) case for reparations “directly to King Charles”. Apparently, countries that had their resources, wealth, and labour exploited or stolen have no right to reparations, but those who capitalised upon it should be reimbursed because “the British Empire did so much good for the world”. Correction: the British Empire stole an extraordinary amount of wealth from the countries it colonised. It committed numerous…

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Sexual assault on sedated partners becoming an organised crime as “truly international” network exposed

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Sexual assault on sedated partners becoming an organised crime as “truly international” network exposed

Domestic abuse — The National Crime Agency (NCA) has revealed that they have been investigating a “truly international network” of organised sexual abuse and assault in which drugs are used to sedate unwitting victims “often taking place over decades”. Helen Millichap, director of the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection, told the Guardian these crimes are: rooted in domestic abuse, controlling and coercive behaviour and sexual offending. Adding that, whilst they are not a ‘new’ offence: the evolving profile reveals how the online and connected nature of the abuse is occurring, the dimensions are changing and therefore…

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Minister responsible for regulating social media quits X after two years of inaction

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Minister responsible for regulating social media quits X after two years of inaction

Lisa Nandy has announced that she and her government department for culture, media and sport are leaving the social media platform X as it: favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate. It isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it. However, many have pointed out that one of Nandy’s crucial responsibilities for the last two years since taking up her position has been to regulate social media. Her decision to just walk away from the platform suggests she’s either giving up, or alternatively – and more likely – the trillionaire has made regulation impossible…

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Mandelson allegedly worked with Russia for 35 years to manipulate UK politics

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Mandelson allegedly worked with Russia for 35 years to manipulate UK politics

The Telegraph has reported on a secret dossier put together by a former MI6 British intelligence officer which exposes paedo-pal Lord Mandelson as being a “privileged contact” of the Russians. Former MI6 spy Christopher Steele used to be the head of MI6’s Russia desk. Since leaving, he compiled a report under the codename “Project Fish” which detailed how, for over 30 years, Russian spies saw Epstein’s close confidant ‘Petie’ as: one of the most significant RIS [Russian intelligence services] achievements in manipulating UK politics. Given Mandelson was one of the loudest accusers against Corbyn making the scandalous claim that the left-wing…

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Mosque targeted in a suspected arson attack in Dublin city centre as anti-Muslim hate rises

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Mosque targeted in a suspected arson attack in Dublin city centre as anti-Muslim hate rises

A suspected arson attack set a mosque in Dublin city centre ablaze in broad daylight on Monday 29 June at 3:35pm. Police subsequently arrested a man in his 40s in connection with the fire. In video footage, the man shouted: Go back to your country. We don’t want Islam in this country. People have repeatedly targeted the mosque by walking in during prayers, confronting worshippers, and filming videos to post on social media in an attempt to demonise Muslims in Ireland. Now, this suspected arson attack marks a dangerous escalation. It shows just how far anti-Muslim hate has spread and how…

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Noise demo announced to confront anti-trans campaign group coming to London

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Noise demo announced to confront anti-trans campaign group coming to London

A campaign group which wants to block gender affirming care for trans people is coming to London for a conference as it continues towards its aim of: structural violence against, and erasure of the trans community. Presenting themselves as a “respectable organisation”, the Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG) is a group of medical clinicians who campaign against gender affirming care and allegedly aim to improve holistic support for trans people instead. However, activists from Trans Kids Deserve Better (TKDB) have raised serious concerns, arguing that the group is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. They say it presents itself…

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Home Secretary wants public to decide asylum seekers’ appeals

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Home Secretary wants public to decide asylum seekers’ appeals

Members of the public will be asked to volunteer to decide on appeals from asylum seekers as part of a new Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA). Shabana Mahmood is expected to introduce the proposal under the new Immigration and Asylum Bill, which will be presented to MPs in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The Home Office argues public participation will speed up deportations of ‘illegal immigrants’ with magistrate-like changes to empower those without legal knowledge to help clear the backlog. Currently, the backlog of appeals outnumbers those waiting for initial decisions, signaling the scale of the crisis. However, racists and…

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Royal Family to get a 94% surge in taxpayer-funded income whilst ‘it’s subjects’ must expect less

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Royal Family to get a 94% surge in taxpayer-funded income whilst ‘it’s subjects’ must expect less

Long-time benefit scroungers, the Royal Family are set for a staggering 94% increase in taxpayer funding through the Sovereign Grant. So, while the rest of us are told there’s no money for public services and everyone needs to tighten their belts, the richest family in the country is about to see its public funding almost double. When doctors and other public sector workers are criticised for asking for pay rises of 5% or 6.6%, it’s hard not to notice a pretty sickening contrast. Apparently, modest wage increases are “unaffordable” — unless you’re already fabulously wealthy. And this comes at the same…

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Zia Yusuf has tried and failed to make the cut to stand for Reform leaving many wondering why

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Zia Yusuf has tried and failed to make the cut to stand for Reform leaving many wondering why

Zia Yusuf appeared on Question Time on Friday 26th doing his usual arrogant punditry attacking Andy Burnham and other political opponents and doing his best to suggest far-right Reform UK are the best hope for the UK. However, other panelists pointed out that Yusuf has yet to stand in an election for the party — and Yusuf’s response exposed the embarrassing fact that he has indeed tried to stand, he just can’t seem to be selected. Given Farage’s party has seen perverts and white supremacists elected, it leaves you wondering what skeletons are in Reform’s ‘home affairs’ spokesperson. Going further, it…

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White supremacists firebomb another Muslim family’s home with three young children inside

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White supremacists firebomb another Muslim family’s home with three young children inside

A home in Blackburn has been targeted by white supremacists with a firebomb, Islamophobia written all over the attack. Three young children, including a 7-month-old baby, were inside the home, but thankfully all were able to escape before suffering any fatal injuries. However, this is the latest in a growing number of Islamophobic attacks committed by white supremacists in recent months, encouraged by far-right pundits and politicians profiting from the hate and division that has left many Muslim families fearing for their safety. In fact, recent calls to withdraw the definition of Islamophobia suggest this is just the start of a…

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