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SOAS 2’s Sarah Cotte walks free but will face September retrial

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:9 July 2026
Post last modified:10 July 2026

Sarah Cotte, one of the ‘SOAS 2’ defendants accused of supporting a banned group, has walked free from the Old Bailey but faces a retrial in September. The judge discharged the jury in the first trial on 1 July after jurors refused to convict, but decided yesterday that Cotte would face a retrial, also at the Old Bailey, on 14 September. A defiant Cotte told gathered supporters that: We know that we are on the side of justice. We are on the side of liberation. We are on the side of people who fight back, people who strive for a better…

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

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:6 July 2026
Post last modified:7 July 2026

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…

Starmer’s last power-grab will slaughter British free speech

Post author:Antifabot
Post published:2 July 2026
Post last modified:2 July 2026

Keir Starmer is using his last days in office to fast-track a terrifying legislative assault on independent media and political dissent. The soon-to-be-ex Prime minister is shoving through the National Security (State Threats) Bill through Parliament to crush free speech once and for all. This wild power-grab introduces a 14-year prison sentence for anyone even quoting or receiving information on banned bodies. It’s like we have stepped into the pages of 1984. Journalism will be as good as illegal As I am sat here writing this, there’s a sense of terror kicking in. I’m a journalist. It’s my job to be…

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

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:19 June 2026
Post last modified:19 June 2026

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…

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

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:18 June 2026
Post last modified:19 June 2026

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…

Upset ‘Tommeh’ gives Canary’s print edition free advertising

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:13 June 2026
Post last modified:13 June 2026

The Canary upsets all the right people. Particularly, it seems, in print. The far-right hate peddler known as ‘Tommy Robinson’ has got a bit upset at being called out on a Canary front page for his part in inciting white-supremacist violence in Belfast. And in his annoyance, he gave the Canary some accidental free advertising: He doesn’t have a leg to stand on about the ‘smear’, legally speaking. Truth is an absolute defence and libel requires damage to reputation, while his — and no doubt his income — depends on his supporters seeing him inciting. And even in the UK’s corrupt…

Scottish MSPs demand another chance to free Scotland from Westminster

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have voted to demand powers to hold another Scottish independence referendum. First Minister John Swinney described independence as a “golden opportunity” that would “put Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands”. Grasping Westminster running against Scottish interests MSPs agreed: the motion passed by 72-55, with the support of the Greens enough to see off an unholy London-centric Labour, Reform, Tory and LibDem alliance. Keir Starmer said he would not give Scots what they want. This is unsurprising. Starmer is an Establishment tool through and through, who has always treated Scottish Labour like a Westminster satellite branch. He…

Labour pulled up for gimmicky August free bus policy

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

The cost of living is an ongoing crisis in modern Britain. In response to this, the government has unveiled a ‘Summer Savings’ plan which will provide minimal savings for a single month — specifically August. In response to this, Sky News’s Trevor Phillips has laid into Labour minister Darren Jones: As several people have pointed out, do Trevor's figures add up? — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 24, 2026 Summer Savings As we reported on 22 May, the Great British Summer savings plan includes free bus tickets for children, in addition to: a temporary reduction in VAT across Scotland, England and Wales…