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Polanski calls out Labour plan for ‘more gambling, more addiction, more devastation’

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Polanski calls out Labour plan for ‘more gambling, more addiction, more devastation’

Labour’s gambling minister has said she’d like to see the industry “grow.” This provoked criticism, because the gambling sector has profited by preying on those who are most vulnerable to addiction. Among said critics is Green Party leader, Zack Polanski: Labour’s plan for growth More gambling, more addiction, more devastation to household finances. Utter shambles. pic.twitter.com/tCoQek9TdF — Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) June 18, 2026 Growth Baroness Fiona Twycross made the comments in a Lords’ committee, where she said: It’s a regulated licensed sector we would like to see grow. Twycross was talking about it growing in opposition to the illegal gambling sector.…

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Israel steps up witch-hunt targeting pro-Palestine voices

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Israel steps up witch-hunt targeting pro-Palestine voices

From Fatou Bensouda, a former International Criminal Court prosecutor, to UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese, sanctioned by the Trump administration. There are also Palestinian human rights workers killed in Israeli airstrikes. An Al Jazeera investigation finds US and Israeli retaliation spans from from the courtroom to the incinerated streets of Gaza. Al Jazeera has once against exposed tactics of thuggery by the US-Israel axis against pro-Palestine voices. Their targets include Palestinian fieldworkers on the ground. Furthermore, they include the highest international courts, including the > Gaza at risk of becoming graveyard of international law In January 2025, Ihab Marwan Kamal Faisal, a 33-year-old colleague…

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Parents expose human cost of Science Museum sponsorships in unofficial tour

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Parents expose human cost of Science Museum sponsorships in unofficial tour

In response to the Science Museum’s ongoing partnership with Adani, a coal and weapons conglomerate, volunteers led by Parents for Palestine invited children and their families on an unsanctioned ‘alternative tour’ of the museum. The tour aimed to explore the: untold stories revealing the institution’s role in the destruction of life, communities, and land in Palestine and in India. Adani, sponsor of the Science Museum’s ‘Energy Revolution’ Gallery has a joint weapons-producing venture with Elbit Systems (Adani-Elbit). It produces the Hermes 900 drone which has been used in the genocide of the Palestinian people and continues to be used by Israel…

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Tapp fires pro-Israel criticism at Burnham

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Tapp fires pro-Israel criticism at Burnham

Israel fanatic Labour MP Mike Tapp appears to have attempted to fire a Starmeroid ‘shot across the bows’ of new Makerfield MP Andy Burnham. Of course, being pro-Israel and Starmeroid, it’s grossly hypocritical as well as awful. Tapp told the BBC this morning that if Burnham or anyone else tries to challenge Keir Starmer, they would face pressure to stick closely to Starmer’s model of government. That means war on UK freedoms to protect Israel, along with cuts, privatisation and attempts to outdo fascist Reform on racial incitement. But Tapp framed it as not going “too far from [Labour’s 2024 general…

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Rain of fish in Surrey, two-headed calf in Blyth, Scottish Tory win in Aberdeen

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Rain of fish in Surrey, two-headed calf in Blyth, Scottish Tory win in Aberdeen

Today, 19 June, the Conservatives’ Douglas Lumsden was announced the victor of the Aberdeen South by-election. This means that, for the first time in over half a century, the Scottish Tories have won a Westminster by-election. Meanwhile, in a further turn-up for the books, Labour came fourth in both of last night’s Scottish by-elections, underscoring the party’s recent collapse. The SNP’s Lara Bird held the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry seat for her party. She took 9,802 votes, giving her a majority of nearly 5,000. Notes for the English For English readers, please be advised — this article is about to get…

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Reform UK blames AI for Jimmy Savile photo-op flop

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Reform UK blames AI for Jimmy Savile photo-op flop

On 16 June, we reported that two Reform councillors had posed for a picture which suggested they would vote for Jimmy Saville. In the aftermath, the party claimed the offending image was “AI”. Now, one of the councillors at fault has apologised, proving beyond doubt that the photo op did indeed take place: To all the Reform UK supporters that tried to defend Reform UK Councillors Gemma Painter and Lilian Rogers for standing with a sign saying ‘I’d rather vote for Jimmy Saville’, and @LeeAndersonMP_ who posted it was fake, then deleted the post. Just thought you should know Lilian… pic.twitter.com/bFbi21jKBY…

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Makerfield ‘Count Binface’ candidate delivers a slam dunk over Farage

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Makerfield ‘Count Binface’ candidate delivers a slam dunk over Farage

Political candidate Jonathan Harvey — also known as ‘Count Binface’ — stood in the Makerfield by-election for comedy value rather than in hope of winning. But even a comedy candidate has more political honesty than racist Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Notably, the peculiar atmosphere of Makerfield displayed just how easily humour can inform local politics. Quizzed by Sky News about his candidacy and whether he lived in the constituency, Harvey promised he would move there if he won, and reminding viewers that Farage “spends more time in America than in Clacton.” Farage is notionally the MP for Clacton in Essex,…

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Makerfield wasn’t the only by-election Reform UK just lost

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Makerfield wasn’t the only by-election Reform UK just lost

In addition to losing in Makerfield, Reform UK lost the two seats it literally just won last month. Reform losses, Tory gains The 18 June by-elections in Essex took place because the Reform winner — you guessed it — turned out to be a racist mess. Stuart Prior had won both a County Council seat and a District Council seat in May. So both required new elections. Even before Reform snatched Essex from the Tories, there had already been reporting that Prior had shown support for the rape of Sikh women and called white people ‘the master race’. Along with vile Islamophobic…

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Burnham caught in yet another lie raising more concern that he is just another Starmer

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Burnham caught in yet another lie raising more concern that he is just another Starmer

Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election, leaving many in the constituency and beyond breathing a sigh of relief that bigoted, abuse-justifying Reform UK didn’t take the seat. However, this does not mean we are out of woods when it comes to politicians who lie, manipulate, and exploit British people to inflate their own egos and amass power. The latest lie to add to the pile was made during his acceptance speech, when he said: I always knew one day I would seek to go back to Westminster to complete that unfinished business. As an aspiring law student, I attended Burnham’s…

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‘Robinson’ debates to near-empty room – and loses – after protesters picket OU

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‘Robinson’ debates to near-empty room – and loses – after protesters picket OU

Fascist grifter Tommy Robinson ‘debated’ to a near-empty room in the Oxford Union (OU) on Wednesday night after a picket by anti-fascist protesters deterred most from attending. Robinson was supported in the debate by fellow extremist Laurence Fox and by OU committee member Oliver Jones-Lyons – and lost resoundingly anyway. Robinson misquoted the Quran in his tirade, including falsely claiming that it demands the execution of LGBTQ people. As the Canary’s Antifabot reported, Oxford wasn’t having it: Younger, more intensive groups barricaded every single entrance to the building. And instead of policing these more confrontational tactics, SUTR activists offered total solidarity. These two…

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General who led shadowy army psy-ops unit is new Economist defence editor

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General who led shadowy army psy-ops unit is new Economist defence editor

The UK legacy media are having a normal one again. The Economist magazine just announced a currently serving British Army general would become its new defence editor upon leaving the military. Turner led 77 Brigade, the army’s propaganda unit, from 2020 to 2022. Current defence editor Shashank Joshi announced Turner as his replacement on 18 June: I’m delighted that Alex Turner will succeed me as defence editor of @TheEconomist later this year. Alex, who is currently an army officer, is highly experienced, an accomplished military historian and a talented writer. He will be a fantastic journalist. https://t.co/kqgT3E39uz — Shashank Joshi (@shashj)…

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Expert says Belfast paramilitaries forced children into pogroms to clear drug debts

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Expert says Belfast paramilitaries forced children into pogroms to clear drug debts

Belfast — The Commissioner for Children and Young People in the north of Ireland has said loyalist paramilitaries pressured children to engage in violent racist pogroms, in return for writing off money owed to those same gangs. Chris Quinn was speaking to the Irish News. He said the money owed might be “drug debts” or “could be loans”. He gave examples of what he came across first hand when present at racist disorder in Glengormley. Quinn said: We have been informed by reliable people working with these young people, that some of those were brought there to clear debts. I heard an…

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Avi Lewis ruins Canada PM Mark Carney over ‘Iran war was worth it’ gaffe

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Avi Lewis ruins Canada PM Mark Carney over ‘Iran war was worth it’ gaffe

Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Avi Lewis has just rinsed ex-banker PM Mark Carney over a bizarre claim that the US war on Iran was “worth it”. Lewis said Carney’s comments were ‘disturbing’ and an ‘insult’ to Iranians killed by the “imperial’ war of aggression. He also said the war had harmed the Canadian workers hit with higher costs for basic necessities. Lewis — think Jeremy Corbyn plus Zack Polanski plus a bit of Naomi Klein (he is the left-wing author’s husband) — is the socialist, anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist Jewish leader of Canada’s most left-wing electoral party. Lewis was responding…

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“Cynical act of deception” by Irish football bosses claiming Palestinian support for ‘Israel’ match

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“Cynical act of deception” by Irish football bosses claiming Palestinian support for ‘Israel’ match

In a devastating humiliation for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), the Palestine Football Association (PFA) has said it never issued any statement backing the FAI’s decision to proceed with Ireland’s match against so-called ‘Israel’. This is despite the Irish football chiefs putting out a statement last week clearly intended to indicate the opposite. Sinn Féin TD Joanna Byrne described the FAI’s move as an “unforgivable cynical act of deception”. Byrne continued: What this clarification lays bare is a contemptible sleight of hand by the FAI – a sleight of hand that will be met by resistance by the football community…

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Reform MP implies gross ‘get out of jail free’ card for abusers saying England losses to blame

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Reform MP implies gross ‘get out of jail free’ card for abusers saying England losses to blame

Sarah Pochin, Reform MP for Runcorn and Helsby, has posted a sickening video on X which implies that domestic abuse ‘just happens’ when the England team loses a game. Given that Reform has a track record of platforming and promoting abusive men, Pochin’s comments appear less like a warning and more like an attempt to explain away behaviour that has absolutely no excuse. Thankfully, critics were quick to remind her of a pretty simple fact: domestic abuse is the responsibility of the male abuser — not the performance of football players. No football result — however disappointing — gives any man…

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Even whilst under investigation, Farage is still shilling for his crypto-billionaire benefator

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Even whilst under investigation, Farage is still shilling for his crypto-billionaire benefator

Even whilst he’s under investigation for taking an undeclared £5m ‘gift’ from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, Nigel Farage is still attempting to block a new cryptocurrency plan at the Bank of England (BoE). Something which could obviously hurt his biggest donor’s bottom line. Harborne is part-owner of Tether Limited Inc. The company issues the eponymous cryptocurrency stablecoin ‘Tether’. Because Tether’s value is pegged to that of the US dollar, it allows users to trade their cryptocurrency for real-world money and vice versa. This fact makes it the most popular cryptocurrency in the world. Nevertheless, Tether Limited’s profits actually fell somewhat over…

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Deranged US Senator Graham is keeping his Abraham Accords dream alive

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Deranged US Senator Graham is keeping his Abraham Accords dream alive

Zionist Republican Senator Lindsey Graham continued to post on X that the expansion of the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel is his and Trump’s ultimate goal. He said he had a fruitful conversation with fellow envoy Steve Witkoff According to Graham, the MOU with Iran is just the first step. He wants to use it as a way to eventually expand the Abraham Accords and get Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel. Announced in 2020, these accords established diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab states, beginning with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain.…

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Breaking: ‘Moog 4’ walk free as jury refuses to convict

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Breaking: ‘Moog 4’ walk free as jury refuses to convict

The ‘Moog 4’ anti-genocide activists who were put on trial for direct action against an arms firm supplying Israel have walked free from Birmingham Crown Court today. The jury in the trial was split and refused to convict the activists despite the prosecution claiming the decision to convict would be “simple”. The activists were charged with breaking into the Wolverhampton factory of Moog Aircraft Group, which supplies parts to Israel for the colony’s F-35 strike aircraft used to slaughter Palestinian civilians. They were accused of damaging weapons components and occupying the factory’s roof. They told the jury that: We believed the…

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IOF targeting kids by disguising bombs as footballs DURING world cup

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IOF targeting kids by disguising bombs as footballs DURING world cup

Israel is disguising cluster bombs as footballs in southern Lebanon, in a clear attempt to target children during the World Cup. An explosion happened today morning in the outskirts of my village Doweir. Investigation lead to the discovery of many unexploded ordanances and munitions disguised as colorful kids footballs. Israelis never fail to open a new low for human standards, and to be remembered as the… pic.twitter.com/Sad81XJqFl — Hadi Hoteit | هادي حطيط (@HadiHtt) June 18, 2026 So far in Lebanon, since March 2nd, the IOF has murdered at least 3,912 people and wounded 11,873. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the official…

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Fierce and total solidarity shuts down Tommy Robinson in Oxford

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Fierce and total solidarity shuts down Tommy Robinson in Oxford

The Oxford Union handed a platform to some of the scummiest far-right bigots under the guise of free speech — including Tommy Robinson. But on the streets outside, a fierce and stunning display of community solidarity showed them that these people and their hatred have no space on the streets of Oxford. Tommy Robinson — A platform of pathetic hate The energy on the anti-fascists resistance brought the city centre to a standstill. Shops had closed in preparation for this, and there were dozens of police on the streets. Why? Because the Oxford Union handed a platform to some of the…

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