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Green mayor hopeful to save Manchester from ‘Reform disaster’

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:20 June 2026
Post last modified:20 June 2026

The Green Party has announced that its candidate in the Greater Manchester mayor by-election will be Geraldine Coggins: At the @TheGreenParty launch of their campaign for the Greater Manchester mayoral election, our reporter @cjmbaillie was one of the first to speak to their candidate Geraldine Coggins – and she's immediately showing why she's the right choice to vote for on 30 July pic.twitter.com/ldMYYJs7Ou — Canary (@TheCanaryUK) June 20, 2026 In the clip above, Coggins says that she wants to address the inequality between Manchester city centre and the outer boroughs. And in her announcement speech, she also discussed her fears about…

PM hopeful Al Carns threatens more austerity to enrich arms companies

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:14 June 2026
Post last modified:14 June 2026

According to former ministers like Al Carns, the UK is facing the imminent threat of war. In a sense, this is always true, because the UK and the US regularly initiate conflict. And while we could simply stop committing ourselves to these illegal wars of aggression, Labour MPs like Carns and Lisa Nandy are instead proposing a fresh round of austerity: Nandy: "We've got to significantly increase the amount we're spending on defence" Over the last several days I haven't seen a single interviewer question this claim. Instead the challenge to politicians making it is, are you increasing it fast enough/by…