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Chancellor wants military officer with him at Treasury

Post author:PHIL MILLER
Post published:30 July 2026
Post last modified:30 July 2026

John Healey’s request has sparked fears about the military having too much influence over UK finances Britain’s new chancellor John Healey has asked for a military officer to accompany him at the Treasury, it has emerged. The move indicates how much weight Healey will place on weapons procurement after resigning as defence secretary last month in protest at Keir Starmer’s military spending plans. Chancellors do not normally have a serving military officer assigned to their private office, with the placements typically reserved for the prime minister and defence ministers. However, Healey has requested an army major, naval lieutenant commander or air…

Palestinian father attacked at son’s grave, one year after Israeli settlers murdered him

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:14 July 2026
Post last modified:15 July 2026

On 11 July 2025, Israeli occupation settlers brutally murdered Sayfullah “Saif” Musallet – a 23 year old Palestinian- American, and his friend, 23 year old Mohammed al-Shalabi, in al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, near Sinjil in the occupied West Bank. Now, a year later, the father of Saif – Kamel Musallet – has been attacked by Israeli settlers when attempting to visit his son’s grave. A group of journalists accompanying Kamel were also attacked by the unaccountable settlers. Israeli settler attacks Several months before the summer of 2025 Israeli settlers set up an outpost amongst Palestinian olive groves in the occupied West Bank. They…

Trump touts bizarre automatic retaliation policy in case Iran assassinate him

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:13 July 2026
Post last modified:13 July 2026

US president Donald Trump wants to create an automatic retaliation policy if Iran manages to assassinate him. The erratic US leader’s idea emerged as Iran and the US returned to open hostilities around a month into the Oman-brokered negotiating period to end the war. Associated Press (AP) reported on 13 July: President Donald Trump is suggesting he has left standing orders for the U.S. military to destroy Iran “ at levels they’ve never seen before” if Tehran follows through on its long-standing threats to kill him. The news agency added that: the U.S. government has no way to create an automatic,…

Andy Burnham offers milquetoast sop to Palestine. Sadly for him we weren’t born yesterday

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:9 July 2026
Post last modified:10 July 2026

Incoming PM Andy Burnham has said the Labour Party got it wrong on Palestine and will fix up. He’s pledged to put more pressure on Israel, including possible bans and sanctions. But is he to be trusted? Burnham told the Guardian: I know many people feel that at the start of Israel’s military action in Gaza my party didn’t get it right and I am sorry about that. The response has too often not been good enough. We need to do better. Adding: We’ve got to do more to put pressure on the Israeli government … Yes, we have taken some…

How did Messi force the world’s greatest players to chase him in the World Cup?

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:5 July 2026
Post last modified:5 July 2026

Lionel Messi changed the nature of individual competition in the 2026 World Cup with just one match. His opening hat-trick wasn’t just a perfect start for Argentina. It was an early warning that the race for the Golden Boot and Best Player award would be fierce. The world’s focus has shifted. Fans are no longer just watching team results. They are tracking how tournament stars respond to the target Messi set early on. Messi leads the race with seven goals. His performance has ignited an exceptional battle among four other global superstars. Mbappe, Haaland, Dembele and Vinicius Jr are all in…

Ronaldo aims to break a losing streak that’s haunted him for five World Cups

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:29 June 2026
Post last modified:30 June 2026

Although he has broken almost every possible record in the world of football, there remains one record that continues to elude Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of the eagerly anticipated clash with Croatia in the second round of the 2026 World Cup. Ronaldo is back Ronaldo goes into the match with 10 World Cup goals to his name, having added a brace against Uzbekistan during the group stage, thereby extending his lead at the top of Portugal’s all-time World Cup goalscoring charts. Ironically, however, all of these goals have come in the group stages, whilst the knockout rounds have proved an…

Petulant Farage claims BBC endangering him by asking about undeclared £5m

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:23 June 2026
Post last modified:23 June 2026

A petulant and clearly rattled Nigel Farage has accused the BBC of putting his life in danger – by asking about the undeclared £5m ‘gift’ bunged to him by a crypto-billionaire. Nunya – not Farage has claimed the money was to pay for his ‘lifetime security’ and that he didn’t have to declare it because it “wasn’t political“. But he refused to say whether he had spent any of it on security – though he has previously admitted he’s spent none on that. He poutingly insisted that it’s none of the public’s business what an elected MP does with money that…

Burnham proposes land value tax as progressive voters sour on him

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:21 June 2026
Post last modified:21 June 2026

Speaking to Andrew Marr, Andy Burnham has suggested he wants to introduce wealth taxes in the UK: I'm no fan of Andy, but a land value tax is fucking based. https://t.co/AxK7i70YSt — Curtis Daly (@CurtisDaly_) June 20, 2026 If he delivers on this, it would be a more progressive direction for Labour than what we got under Keir Starmer. And there’s reason for Andy Burnham to talk up such policies, because the signs are that progressive voters are already losing patience with him. Andy Burnham — Wealth taxes Speaking to Marr, Burnham said: I think in this country we overtax labor…

Meloni says Trump made up the claim that she begged him for a photo

Post author:The Canary
Post published:19 June 2026
Post last modified:19 June 2026

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has hit back at claims that she begged Trump for a photo, saying, ‘Italy and I never beg.’ Io e l’Italia non imploriamo mai. pic.twitter.com/sTpKlqWB67 — Giorgia Meloni (@GiorgiaMeloni) June 19, 2026 Two right-wingers are fighting. It must be a day ending with “day.” The backstory is that Trump was asked about his encounter with Meloni during the G7 summit in France. Trump claimed that Meloni ‘wanted to have a picture with me so badly’ and that he ‘felt sorry for her. According to POLITICO, the two leaders met several times at the three-day G7 gathering…