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Farage refuses to condemn Reform death threat against woman MP

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:30 July 2026
Post last modified:31 July 2026

Floundering Nigel Farage has set the police on Green leader Zack Polanski for accepting an Instagram collaboration invite on an Instagram post. One of some twenty images in the post showed a protester wearing a t-shirt showing a guillotine with the wording “We’re only making plans for Nigel”. Obvious political satire, but Farage and the right-wing media are clutching their pearls over the supposed death threat. Hypocrite Farage But Farage has his own form. Farage has farcically claimed to be the most threatened UK politician – despite the actual murder of several MPs. But he also refused to condemn a senior…

Toxic pesticide stitch-up is a death sentence for wildlife

Post author:Antifabot
Post published:17 July 2026
Post last modified:18 July 2026

A disgusting leak has exposed the hijacking of our democratic system by Europe’s most powerful corporate lobbying group. It’s killing vital wildlife protections. Plotting behind closed doors, billionaire agricultural business interests have systematically swapped the safety of our planet, our wildlife and our communities for cash. The war on wildlife The European Union planned to cut pesticide use by half to try to protect vulnerable, collapsing ecosystems. But Copa-Cogeca, Europe’s most powerful farming lobby, launched a ruthless campaign to stop it in the name of corporate profits. And our vulnerable wildlife is paying the price, with pesticides shredding bee populations, poisoning…

A death certificate is not enough for Kashmir’s enforced disappearance victims

Post author:The Canary
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:17 July 2026

Abdul Rashid Wani, a timber trader from Kashmir, vanished from Indian military custody in 1997. While a certificate of his death has finally been granted after 29 years, his family is still searching for answers about what happened to him. His son Junaid Rashid, who was five at the time of his father’s disappearance and is now 34, told Agence France-Presse (AFP): The government has now, after 29 years, acknowledged in court that such an atrocity was done. If this had happened earlier, I think Kashmir would look different. Our lives would look different, and my mother’s health would be something…

Farage speculates Ann Widdecombe death was ‘premeditated murder’

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:12 July 2026
Post last modified:13 July 2026

Nigel Farage has speculated that Ann Widdecombe was the victim of “premeditated murder”. He’s attracting controversy for the statement; especially because he also said ‘it doesn’t pay to speculate’ at this time: Devon and Cornwall Police: “We would ask people not to speculate about what might have happened, particularly on social media.” Nigel Farage: “From what I can see of it, from what I can make out, this was premeditated murder.” — Ben Kentish (@BenKentish) July 11, 2026 Speculation On 10 July, Joe Glenton reported the following of Widdecombe: A 26-year-old white male suspect has been arrested after former Tory minister and Reform UK politician…

The death of collective identity

Post author:Rares Cocilnau
Post published:22 June 2026
Post last modified:22 June 2026

There was, within living memory, an infrastructure of collective thinking in this country — an infrastructure, above all else, for thinking about politics. Collective spaces recede The union branch, the party, the working men’s club, the tenants’ association, the chapel and the co-operative were not simply organisations people joined. These were places where political thought was produced through dialogue and shared experience, translating grievances, whether at home or at work, into collective political action. That infrastructure has been demolished over the last four decades. Union membership has particularly declined from its 1979 peak of 13.2 million to around 6.4 million today.…

Nowak’s tragic death another incident where police get it fatally wrong

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:4 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

The Chief Constable of Hampshire Police told the BBC that the footage of officers arresting Henry Nowak while he lay bleeding from stab wounds left him feeling as “distressed” as the wider public. Officers handcuffed Nowak and read him his rights despite his obvious injuries. Ultimately, the court sentenced his killer, Vickrum Digwa, to a minimum of 21 years in prison for the murder. Prosecutors will soon continue proceedings against Digwa’s mother for allegedly concealing the knife used in the attack. However, it has clearly emerged that police officers failed to respond appropriately to Nowak’s injuries despite his repeated pleas for…

UK Athletics fined after death of Paralympian

Post author:Faz Ali
Post published:3 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

UK Athletics has been fined £350,000 after pleading guilty to corporate manslaughter over the 2017 death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei. Hayayei was killed while training in London ahead of the World Para Athletics Championships. The case has exposed glaring lapses in event safety and prompted fresh scrutiny of how major sporting bodies manage risk for visiting athletes. Hayayei, a 36‑year‑old thrower from the United Arab Emirates, had competed at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, and was preparing at the Newham Leisure Centre when a metal throwing cage collapsed on him. Emergency services pronounced him dead at the scene. The tragedy…