Thames Water to fight Burnham as ‘temporary nationalisation’ rumours swirl

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Thames Water has f*cked up so badly that the government may be forced to nationalise it. Rather than holding its hands up and saying sorry, though, it seems the incompetent vultures managing the company are planning to take the government to court. BREAKING: The group of investors engaged in a rescue bid for Thames Water are plotting a legal fight with Andy Burnham's new government over nationalisation. Our city editor @MarkKleinmanSky has the exclusive storyhttps://t.co/SHT8Hbpwmz pic.twitter.com/9rSuAm06yV — Sky News (@SkyNews) July 18, 2026 Thames Water the focus of scandals upon scandals Thames Water is arguably one of the worst companies operating…

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Water failure now top threat to UK – where’s the institutional panic?

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

After decades of under-investment by greedy private water companies, the failure of the UK’s water supply is now the top threat to the UK, alongside a new pandemic. Norwich MP, Clive Lewis, pointed out the news, which he said should “keep you awake at night”. So! “The @UKLabour govt’s National Risk Register now ranks losing our drinking water alongside a PANDEMIC as one of the two biggest threats facing the country” AND @andyburnham @EmmaforWycombe still insist that the private (and bankrupt ) Water Companies are the only solution https://t.co/gqWF1ZyiP7 — Allan Williams (@allanwales2) July 17, 2026 Lewis is right. The 2026…

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Young Americans overwhelmingly support Hamas over Israel

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

In the latest embarrassment for Israel and its backers, a poll has shown that young Americans overwhelmingly support Hamas over Israel. This is bad news for the Israeli politicians who think America will give them unlimited support forever. New – who do you support (Age 18-24) Hamas 60%Israel 40% Harvard – Harris #B – RV – 7/12 pic.twitter.com/3SZFFThIF0 — Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) July 17, 2026 Israel losing support When Hamas conducted the attack on 7 October, Israel had subjected Palestinians to apartheid conditions for decades. Amnesty International wrote about this extensively: In May 2021, Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood…

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Activists target Allied Irish Bank over potential deal with Israeli tech firm

• Post author:Robert Freeman
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Activists across Ireland have launched a wave of protests against Allied Irish Bank (AIB) over the company’s disgraceful plans to sign a £1.2 million deal with genocide-linked ‘Israeli‘ cybersecurity firm SNYK. Pro-Palestine group, Your Tech Their Deaths, released a compilation video publicising recent actions against the bank. It shows activists from across the island entering Allied Irish Bank premises. Highlighting the effectiveness of direct action, in some cases the bank responded by shutting branches down. Your Tech Your Deaths founder, Jude Farrell, told the Canary that activists from various groups hit 11 Allied Irish Bank branches in the last week. She said:…

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Authorities say no cameras worn during dad’s murder, but ICE insiders say otherwise

• Post author:Joe Glenton
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) claim their paramilitaries were not wearing body cameras during the recent killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. Yet ICE insiders are saying the opposite. Meanwhile, new details have emerged about the background of one of the shooters, a former US soldier. The Intercept reported this week: Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old father from Colombia, was driving slowly in Biddeford, Maine, when an agent shot into his vehicle. According to secretary of homeland security, Markwayne Mullin, the officers involved in the shooting “were not wearing body cameras”. However, ICE insiders familiar with the technology…

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EXCLUSIVE: Man who wrote Sharon Graham’s first Unite manifesto now supports challenger

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Sharon Graham’s former Unite election campaign organiser Matt Smith now supports her opponent, Simon Dubbins. Having seen Graham in action as general secretary, Smith believes that another five years of Graham would be “an utter disaster for our union”. But he didn’t only play an extensive role in her 2021 general secretary election campaign. According to senior union insiders, he “wrote her manifesto”. Unite endured five misused years under Graham Smith said that Graham has increased corruption at Unite rather than reduce it. He claimed that she had appointed useless cronies to senior positions and even made up a “ghost job”…

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Clacton breaks record for most candidates in an election

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Friday 17 July was the deadline for candidates to nominate themselves for the Clacton by-election. As it turns out, a lot of people made that deadline, with Politics UK listing the following: IN FULL: The 34 Clacton by-election candidates – the highest number ever recorded in a UK Parliamentary election Nigel Farage Count Binface Laurence Fox Kai Stephens Adham Alkhatip Joseph 77 Tony Cane Woke Trump Carrzee William Stuart James Clouston Rees Cowne Glenn Charles Cummings Martin Davies Andy Erlam Attieh Fard Tony Francis Robin Green Abi Hookway Nick The Incredible Flying Brick Howling Laud Hope Baron Von Thunderclap Stephen Richard Ingram…

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Nigel Farage had state security after accepting £5m, so what is the truth?

• Post author:Willem Moore
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Nigel Farage and Reform UK have several ongoing scandals, with some of them being interlinked. Farage’s biggest controversy is probably the undeclared £5 million gift he received from a foreign-based crypto donor. This is linked to Reform UK’s controversial recent claim that their MPs receive no security from the state because Farage has at times claimed he needs that £5 million for security. Now, it turns out he was getting state security. The arrogance of Farage’s lie about being refused state funded security is exceeded by his crass stupidity in thinking he could get away with it Yesterday Yusuf revealed that…

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Poll shows nine in 10 families feel summer money pressures

• Post author:Robert Freeman
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

The vast majority of parents in Britain and the north of Ireland feel “financial and emotional pressure” during the summer, according to research carried out by Save the Children. The charity polled 2,000 parents and found 88% are struggling with money worries during the long days, triggered by factors like added childcare costs and the pressure to take their children on holidays abroad. Labour has made some minor inroads into tackling poverty, but many of its measures have been inadequate given the scale of the crisis. Save the Children‘s executive director for UK impact, Dan Paskins, said: No parent should be…

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Would Ann Widdecombe have cared about someone showing they hate her?

• Post author:Cameron Baillie
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

An Aberdeen University staff member has been charged with an offence after posting insensitive comments online about Ann Widdecombe‘s death. Web developer Heather Herbert called the 78-year-old politician’s death “good news” on Bluesky.  She also posted that she hoped Widdecombe had died a “painful death” before it emerged her death was being treated as murder. The late former Tory MP and Reform UK spokesperson was found dead in her home on 9 July. A 28-year-old man was arrested and re-arrested in Yorkshire in connection with her death, which is now being investigated as terrorism-related.  Reform UK scramble to make themselves main…

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WATCH: Fox News host jokes about US military rape complex in Asia

• Post author:Cameron Baillie
• Post published:18 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Fox News journalist Jesse Watters has gone viral after joking about US military “wild animals” overdosing on testosterone and attacking women.  Smiling wildly, Watters joked on live TV: The guys that don’t need it [testosterone] are gonna take it — to triple boost. And then they’re gonna get out there, and women on base — you guys better be careful. Uh-huh! Port calls — women, eh-he, in Asia — you better be careful. Because these guys are going to be wild animals and you better watch out! Jesse Watters ‘scumbag’ The internet roundly denounced the vile comments, which were blatantly implying…

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UK lobbyists press Burnham for oil field that will create barely any jobs

• Post author:Joe Glenton
• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

Oil and gas lobbyists are desperate to open a new North Sea gas field and are reportedly pressuring Andy Burnham for the go-ahead. Yet energy industry documents show the proposed new Jackdaw field will only create 27 full time jobs. These include an environmental impact assessment filed by the oil field’s owner Adura. Adura is a joint venture between Shell and Norway’s Equinor. The assessment says: Over the lifetime of the field there would be a consistent level of employment averaging at nearly 500 jobs a year in direct, indirect and induced employment – this includes 273 direct jobs which exist on…

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Graham blows £0.5m of members’ cash in Beckett legal fight and fails

• Post author:Skwawkbox
• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:17 July 2026

Unite’s former legal director, Howard Beckett, will have his claims heard at a full hearing after securing an employment appeals tribunal win. Beckett is suing Unite the Union — and current general secretary, Sharon Graham, personally — for breaching his privacy.  Yet again Graham’s attempts to have the case thrown out have failed, at a huge cost, as the employment appeals tribunal (EAT) has given permission for all 11 grounds to proceed to hearing. Skwawkbox has previously covered Unite’s attempts to use a technicality against the union’s ex-general secretary candidate. Unite, Howard Beckett and the media pipeline Apart from Skwawkbox and…

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Burnham pledges devolution, devolution and…devolution as new Labour leader

• Post author:Grace
• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:17 July 2026

Andy Burnham is officially the new leader of the Labour Party after running the ‘contest’ completely unopposed. To mark the occasion, a Survation poll has pegged Labour and Reform in joint lead for popularity across the country, tied at 24%. The sudden jump in the polls owed itself to the combined effect of Labour’s increased popularity following Starmer’s resignation. Plus, Reform’s slump after scandal-struck Nigel Farage quit his seat in Clacton-on-Sea. The former Manchester mayor turned Makerfield MP secured the backing of 379 of the Parliamentary Labour Party’s (PLP) 403 MPs. In his inaugural speech as prime minister in-waiting, Burnham hit a…

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Rubio’s ‘left-wing terrorism’ summit is laughable and dangerous

• Post author:Joe Glenton
• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:17 July 2026

Sixty-six countries attended US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s summit on left-wing terrorism this week. The farcical event was meant to highlight what Rubio says is a rising leftist threat, largely ignored on ideological grounds. In reality, it can be read as an attempt to found and codify a US-led fascist international — a new Axis steered by the Trump regime. Al Jazeera reported: The “Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism”, taking place on Thursday, brings together government representatives from around the world to coordinate on what the US Department of State calls a “renewed threat” that has “remained a…

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Survivors of Spycops abuses fear Home Office ‘consultation’ is an attempt to shut down inquiry

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

This is a statement from Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance regarding the Undercover Policing Inquiry Following elation at the progress of the Hillsborough law, victims of spycops were confronted on 16 July with a Home Office ‘consultation’ into the future of the Undercover Policing Inquiry. We are shocked and surprised by the announcement and deeply concerned that this is an attempt to shut this Inquiry down. We have been requesting a meeting with the Sponsor Department of the Home Office for more than a year and have been stonewalled. Now, we are presented with this multiple choice survey which clearly demonstrates that…

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Spain offers Burnham an alternative to Labour’s Danish-style immigration crackdown

• Post author:Hugo Harvey
• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

During the Makerfield by-election, Andy Burnham backed Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms, aligning Labour’s prevailing strategy to the anti-immigration mood. Mahmood’s position, in short, follows the Danish Social Democrats’ model: harden rhetoric and reduce numbers to take the ground from the far right. Burnham had previously criticised the home secretary’s plans, warning they leave people “in a sense of limbo and unable to integrate”. But he seems to have dropped this concern to appeal to the political context of the Leave-voting, Reform-susceptible constituency of Makerfield. The broader public mood on immigration is, however, more nuanced. Having won the by-election, Burnham now has…

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Equity calls on Manchester City Council to ensure Pride performers are paid

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

With six weeks to go until Manchester Village Pride, performing arts union Equity is calling on Manchester City Council to ensure that performers out of pocket from last year’s Manchester Pride collapse get the pay due for their work. Pride takes place from 28-31 August this year under a new Community Interest Company rooted in Manchester’s Gay Village. This follows the collapse of Manchester Pride in 2025. The new Manchester Village Pride event will be one of the first Pride events to operate on a union agreement, after Equity and Manchester Village Pride signed a house agreement for minimum terms and…

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Universities betray public trust by joining MoD ‘Battlefield Advantage’ alliance

• Post author:The Canary
• Post published:17 July 2026
• Post last modified:18 July 2026

A coalition of campaign groups has accused UK universities of quietly integrating themselves into the UK’s defence infrastructure after 35 institutions signed up to the Ministry of Defence’s Defence Universities Alliance (DUA). The Ministry of Defence says the alliance aims to: reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security. It wants to strengthen links between universities and the defence sector, and translate research into “battlefield advantage”. Campaigners say the move represents a significant shift in the role of higher education and has taken place without meaningful public debate. Among the founding members are: University of Oxford. University College London. King’s College London.…

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Christian climate protesters including retired vicar convicted for Bath Abbey protest

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

A retired Church of England vicar and three Christian climate activists have been convicted of aggravated trespass. This is after they dropped a huge banner saying “Don’t Crucify Creation” from the tower of Bath Abbey. They’ve accused church officials of prioritising tourism over planetary breakdown and billions of deaths. They were part of a national day of action on September 13, 2025, by Christian Climate Action (CCA). The group called on the Church of England to speak out more clearly and persistently about the Climate and Nature Emergency and the existential threat to people and all life on Earth. The activists…

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