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Shameful DUP still defends decision to stand with pro-genocide protestors

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

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politicians have maintained they were correct to stand alongside masked men who hurled racist and sectarian abuse at a peaceful pro-Palestine march. MP for Upper Bann, Carla Lockhart, incongruously claimed that she showed “real leadership” by joining a 300-strong pro-genocide mob, which jeered relentlessly metres away from the roughly 1,500-strong Palestine-backing contingent. The latter were taking part in the Great March for Gaza, an event raising money for Palestinians still being murdered by Israeli Occupation Forces. Part of the march on 6 June passed along a towpath beside the largely unionist town of Scarva, prompting hostility from…

Mothin Ali tells Labour to stop begging the Greens to stand down

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:27 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

There are many people attached to the Labour Party who have argued the Greens should do the ‘decent thing’ and stand down in the Makerfield by-election. The counter-argument to this is why would they? And as the Greens’ deputy leader Mothin Ali has now said: If Burnham can't win an election without the Greens giving him an easy ride, how's he going to beat Reform in a general election? — Mothin Ali (@MothinAli) May 26, 2026 Put up or shut up The Makerfield race may be the most decisive by-election in British electoral history. If Andy Burnham wins, he will almost…

Greens grassroots push back: Burnham is ‘not what we stand for’

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A Green Party membership coalition has hit back at senior party figures, urging the Greens to stand aside in the Makerfield by-election. Their letter‘s message is unambiguous: the grassroots will not be managed into irrelevance. Green grassroots hitting back at Burnham The Canary can reveal a letter signed by Green Party members, circulating in response to a joint statement from high-profile party figures including former co-leader Jonathan Bartley and ex-councillor Rupert Read. It calls on Zack Polanski to rule out stepping aside for Labour’s Andy Burnham in Makerfield. Over 120 members and counting have so far signed the open letter, launched…

Moog 4 prepare to stand trial

Post author:The Canary
Post published:22 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

The Moog 4 are comprised of four pro-Palestine activists who were arrested and remanded to prison for six months in August 2025. Their trial is due to start at Birmingham Crown Court on 4 June 2026. Regardless of the outcome, it is an action that has shed new light on the UK government’s facilitation of the genocide in Gaza Moog Inc. You might associate the name Moog with electronic instruments and synthesisers. It turns out Robert Moog had an equally inventive cousin, Bill, who went into aviation and engineering. The company that bears Bill’s name supplies key parts to the global…