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Tony Greenstein: ‘Political debanking has forced me into cash economy’

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Tony Greenstein: ‘Political debanking has forced me into cash economy’

Jewish anti-genocide activist Tony Greenstein says that multiple “political debanking” attacks have forced him into the “cash economy”. His trial under the Terrorism Act, for supporting Palestinians’ legal right to resist Israel’s occupation, begins on18 August. In a statement, Greenstein explains the history of debanking — an attack also used against the Canary — and details how he has been a recurrent victim of debanking as the UK state represses pro-Palestine speech. In full, the statement reads: When Nigel Farage was debanked in June 2023 by Coutts for his political opinions it made the national headlines. Dame Alison Rose, CEO of…

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Graham blows £0.5m of members’ cash in Beckett legal fight and fails

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Graham blows £0.5m of members’ cash in Beckett legal fight and fails

Unite’s former legal director, Howard Beckett, will have his claims heard at a full hearing after securing an employment appeals tribunal win. Beckett is suing Unite the Union — and current general secretary, Sharon Graham, personally — for breaching his privacy.  Yet again Graham’s attempts to have the case thrown out have failed, at a huge cost, as the employment appeals tribunal (EAT) has given permission for all 11 grounds to proceed to hearing. Skwawkbox has previously covered Unite’s attempts to use a technicality against the union’s ex-general secretary candidate. Unite, Howard Beckett and the media pipeline Apart from Skwawkbox and…

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‘Non-working’ royals raking in cash and living rent-free in palaces – including Andrew

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‘Non-working’ royals raking in cash and living rent-free in palaces – including Andrew

An audit by the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed the disgraced former prince Andrew and his kids are making cash and/or living rent-free in palaces, despite performing no official duties. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his titles over the Epstein scandal. He has also been exposed engaging in dodgy dealings as UK trade envoy role his mother pushed for him to receive. His brother Charles paid out millions to settle the lawsuit brought against Andrew by the late Virginia Giuffre. But Andrew has continued receiving rental payments on the Royal Lodge estate he received rent-free from the Crown. The amounts…

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Police offered Manchester cafe owner cash, immunity to grass on Palestine Action

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Police offered Manchester cafe owner cash, immunity to grass on Palestine Action

Greater Manchester Police offered cafe-owner Shams Sadiq cash — and carte blanche to commit ‘certain’ crimes — if he would inform on anti-genocide group Palestine Action (PA) and his fellow Muslims. Sadiq, from Didsbury, was approached when he went to collect devices the police had confiscated after a 2025 raid connected to the group. The Starmer regime unlawfully banned PA as a terror group in 2025 at the behest of the Israeli government and lobby groups. The government is still trying to overturn the High Court’s ruling that the ban breached human and free speech rights. Police continue to arrest people…

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