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Lesbian, gay, and bi support for Labour has ‘plunged’ after attack on trans rights

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:2 July 2026
Post last modified:2 July 2026

New polling from YouGov has shown that many lesbian, gay, and bi people have abandoned the Labour Party since the 2024 election: NEW | Following Labour's attacks on trans people, Labour support amongst lesbian/gay/bi Brits* has plunged Grn: 40% ( +23 ) Lab: 18% ( –24 ) Lib: 13% ( –3 ) Ref: 12% ( +4 ) Con: 8% ( –2 ) Via YouGov, 2 – 22 June (+/– vs GE24)––*Trans voters not surveyed pic.twitter.com/UhKxBognrc — Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) July 1, 2026 Labour let downs YouGov polled people by sexuality and gender. The results for heterosexual and not heterosexual were:…

Human rights lawyer detained at Liverpool airport for opposing genocide

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:30 June 2026
Post last modified:1 July 2026

UK ‘counter-terror’ police have detained distinguished US human rights professor and international law expert, Dan Kovalik, at Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport. Kovalik, a well-known author and activist, said on X that he had been grilled about his opposition to Israel’s Gaza genocide and to the illegal war on Iran. In the height of irony, I was detained at John Lennon International AirPort in Liverpool, England by anti-terrorism police concerned about my opposition to the Genocide on Gaza and the war on Iran. They seized my phone, computer, fingerprints and DNA sample. More to come . . . pic.twitter.com/WOtXQLjjO2 — Dan Kovalik…

Human rights abuses linked to transition mineral mining surge by 111% in just one year

Post author:The Canary
Post published:24 June 2026
Post last modified:24 June 2026

The Canary has reported previously on the Business and Human Rights Centre’s Transition Minerals Tracker. And now the latest report reveals a dramatic and accelerating human rights crisis at the mines supplying the global transition to clean energy. The figures for 2025 show a staggering 111% overall increase. There were 329 allegations of abuse linked to transition mineral mining operations worldwide, up from 156 the previous year. The latest report examined more mines than the previous year. Across mines also appearing in the 2025 report, there were 270 allegations, an increase of 73%. It’s the only research of its kind. And…

Starmer succeeded in shedding blood and destroying our rights – good riddance!

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:22 June 2026
Post last modified:23 June 2026

As expected, Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as the worst prime minister in modern British history. One whose only ‘successes’ have been on behalf of billionaires and the genocidal colony. Who waged war on our rights and helped spill the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocents. All to serve the interests of Israel and a club of billionaires who want each of us at their mercy. We come to bury Starmer’s legacy, not to praise it, because it deserves no praise. Meanwhile, the state-corporate media is now busy nauseatingly whitewashing it. Starmer’s ‘achievement’ of worst-ever comes after a decade…

Scottish courts further denigrate rights for trans people with prison ruling

Post author:Jamal Awar
Post published:21 June 2026
Post last modified:21 June 2026

Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled that guidance allowing some trans women to be housed in women’s prisons was unlawful. This is undoubtedly another setback in an increasingly hostile environment for trans people across the UK. It is incredible how fast the legal arguments fall in line once political appetite changes. And now that fascism is creeping across the UK, clearly the most vulnerable communities are facing the sharpest end of oppression. Human rights for some The Court of Session ruled that Scottish prison guidance was unlawful because it allowed some trans women to be accommodated in the women’s estate following…

Human rights abuses linked to transition mineral mining surge by 111% in just one year

Post author:The Canary
Post published:17 June 2026
Post last modified:17 June 2026

The Canary has reported previously on the Business and Human Rights Centre’s Transition Minerals Tracker. And now the latest report reveals a dramatic and accelerating human rights crisis at the mines supplying the global transition to clean energy. The figures for 2025 show a staggering 111% year-on-year increase. There were 329 allegations of abuse linked to transition mineral mining operations worldwide, up from 156 the previous year. It’s the only research of its kind. And it reveals direct implications for renewable energy companies relying on these minerals and their investors: Nearly 70% of mines associated with at least one allegation of…

Palestine Action ban to stay in place as courts rule human rights protest is ‘terrorism’

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:15 June 2026
Post last modified:15 June 2026

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of home secretary Shabana Mahmood’s appeal against the High Court’s ruling that the ‘terrorism’ ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. The appeals court decided that the ban was a proportionate infringement on UK human rights and did not exceed the government’s powers. Palestine Action The judge reading out the decision based this judgment on the home secretary being better placed than the courts to decide what was needed – an anti-judicial coup carried out by judges, effectively. The interference of pro-Israel groups in the decision to ban the direct action group was ignored.…

Supreme Court disability ruling “biggest rollback of disability rights in a generation”

Post author:Alex/Rose Cocker
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Campaign groups have voiced shock and outrage at the “biggest rollback of disability rights in a generation” following a Supreme Court ruling concerning individuals who lack the capacity to consent to their living arrangements. In a joint statement, the charities Mencap, Mind, and the National Autistic Society warned that the regressive ruling could see hundreds of thousands of severely disabled people lose fundamental human rights protections. They added that: By removing independent checks, advocacy, and automatic access to legal aid, the Court has closed the gateway to justice and support for many who need it most. Stripping away these safeguards makes…

Belfast human rights activist could be deported due to Home Office incompetence

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:5 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence. In Belfast, Home Office incompetence is threatening Nina Briggs, head of the Migrant Workers’ Union Northern Ireland, with deportation. They insist that Briggs’ active appeal against the unfair Home Office decision does not exist. That is despite an immigration tribunal confirming the department submitted documents in her case in December 2025. Briggs has spent the last 14 years living in Britain or the North of Ireland. Born in the US, she came to Britain to study at St Andrews University in Scotland back in 2012, at age 16. She subsequently entered…

Shapeshifting Burnham ditches trans rights to panic-grab Reform votes

Post author:Antifabot
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Greater Manchester mayor and Makerfield by-election hopeful Andy Burnham has dumped his past defence of Trans people to protect his bid for Westminster, it seems. Journalist Alex Wickham has revealed that Burnham now backs the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) restrictions on single-sex spaces. This u-turn appears to be nothing but a transparent bid for Reform votes, something we could have predicted coming a mile off. NEW: Another Andy Burnham u-turn appeared designed at dropping his past positions to win Reform votes He says he supports the EHRC guidance on single sex spaces and the Supreme Court ruling Previously he…

New EHRC guidance both clarifies and complicates the legal rights of trans people

Post author:Em Colquhoun
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

There is a familiar refrain that follows my partner and I as we navigate the UK’s public bathrooms. As a gender-nonconforming couple, we’re painfully aware of the transphobic discourse that overshadows our daily lives. Approaching a set of bathrooms whilst out and about, and not wanting to draw more attention to ourselves, one or both of us will groan, before announcing with resignation: Time to do ‘gender’… It will be a situation familiar to many trans people. The so-called ‘bathroom ban’, fought for by anti-trans activists, has become notorious for making the lives of cis and trans people alike more complicated.…