Mahmood’s anti-asylum bill is “horrifying”. Burnham just voted for it

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The Starmer regime’s war on human rights continues with the passage of Shabana Mahmood’s punitive ‘Immigration and Asylum Bill‘ through Parliament. Burnham rallies behind Mahmood The bill’s provisions demonise asylum seekers and wage war on human rights and Britain’s obligations under international law. Presumptive next prime minister Andy Burnham supposedly represents change — at least that’s the claim — but it’s not borne out by events so far. And the same goes in this case, as Burnham voted yesterday in support of Mahmood’s racist new law. Budget bigotry Among its multiple abusive provisions, Mahmood plans to have asylum appeals decided by…

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Canary Catch Up: Pride month gets off to a horrifying start with Tip Toe and Rivals

Hello and welcome to Canary Catch Up. Each week, our resident telly addict Rachel Charlton-Dailey will bring us bang up to date with the shows she’s been obsessed with, what she’s hate-watching, and what she can’t wait to get stuck into. Trigger warning: This article contains discussion of homophobic hate crimes and the murder of a gay man. Please take care when reading. Pride 2026 I’ve been thinking a lot about pride and my local community this week. We, like many parts of the country, got a Reform council in May. For anyone who is disabled and isn’t straight, white and…

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