Starmer and Burnham are two sides of the same coin

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Keir Starmer has finally accepted defeat as he gave a speech stepping down as Labour leader. During his teary speech at the podium outside No.10, Starmer praised how he got rid of the antisemitism which had apparently plagued the party before he took the reins. He said his administration defied the odds, claiming: That we were consigned to history, that a majority at the general election, let alone a landslide majority, was impossible. But we proved those people wrong because we changed our party. Ripping out the poison of antisemitism, restoring trust on the economy, defence, and national security. However, the…

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Polanski calls out Burnham’s ‘more of the same’ migration plan

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According to the Times, Andy Burnham is going to keep Shabana Mahmood as the home secretary if he becomes PM. Given that this would be the most ‘more of the same’ possible, it’s understandable Zack Polanski has said the following: The architect of Labour’s cruel plans on settled status and persecution of free speech and protest stays in place. More of the same. Only the Greens can take on failing Labour in Greater Manchester.https://t.co/AG52NPwyAS — Zack Polanski (@ZackPolanski) June 19, 2026 Polanski vs Burnham According to the Times: Burnham has not handed out any formal offers of future cabinet jobs and his…

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Elon Musk is a threat to democracy, and now also a trillionaire (same thing, really)

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Elon Musk has been all over the headlines today, 12 June, as he tips over the threshold to become the world’s first trillionaire. And inevitably, Musk is a walking, talking argument against the existence of such wealth — which he uses to oppose democracy and amplify the far-right around the world. The real-life Bond villain (thanks, Financial Times) owes his latest windfall to SpaceX. The company, of which Musk is the majority shareholder, makes its initial public offering at a value of around $1.8tn. Of course, once any individual’s personal wealth enters the billions — never mind the trillions — it…

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US government weighs in on Nowak murder with the same old fascist lies

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With grim predictability, the far-right US government has waded into the controversy surrounding the tragic death of Henry Nowak. A US State Department post on social media offered mealy-mouthed “condolences” to Henry’s family, though only after a tight string of fascist dogwhistles. In particular, the Trump administration repeated Farage’s ridiculous ‘two-tier’ anti-white policing claim. This is fitting, given the Reform UK leader shamelessly exploited Nowak’s murder to attack DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) initiatives. As the Canary previously pointed out, Farage clearly received this talking point directly from Trump’s fascist America. In the UK, ‘DEI’ is better known as ‘EDI’ (Equality, Diversity and…

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Trump’s latest Lebanon remarks are the same old nonsense

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Donald Trump has claimed that Israel and Hezbollah have “agreed to halt attacks” after indirect talks through intermediaries. Trump wrote: I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop – that Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel. Bearing in mind that no US president has ever spoken with Hezbollah, and the US designated the group a terrorist organisation, we have to ask if the intermediary was a carrier pigeon or a pet fish? According to statements from Lebanon’s embassy in Washington, the plans mean Hezbollah would stop ‘attacking’ Israel.…

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Carns calls drones “most effective killing weapon” the same day he deploys mine hunting drones to Hormuz

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Former special forces soldier-turned-defence minister Alistair Carns boasted on Wednesday that drones were the “most effective killing weapons” at a summit in Riga, Latvia. Thousands of miles away, the Ministry of Defence posted a video of Carns on Wednesday that showed him “droning about drones” on the RFA Lyme Bay, which they said had left Gibraltar for a mine-hunting mission in the Strait of Hormuz. The post said: RFA Lyme Bay has left Gibraltar, carrying underwater drones and cutting-edge minehunting kit, ahead of a potential deployment to safeguard navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Alistair Carns explains why this autonomous tech…

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