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Nazi-linked Reform councillor linked to vigilante street group

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:30 July 2026
Post last modified:31 July 2026

The National have linked a Reform councillor who spoke at a ‘Nazi rally’ to a far-right vigilante group. And she’s not even the only one linked to these awful groups: NEW: Reform councillor Audrey Dempsey, who shared a stage with neo-Nazis this weekend in Glasgow, has actually been "advising" a far-right vigilante street patrol group in the city The National can reveal that she has been guiding the group on going to the "next level" pic.twitter.com/lmRB6xtrp8 — Laura Webster (@LauraEWebsterr) July 29, 2026 Nazis We should note that Reform politicians have disputed that the ‘Nazi rally’ was in fact a Nazi…

Community Barometer sets out blueprint for high street recovery

Post author:The Canary
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:16 July 2026

The 2026 Community Barometer report is the first major report into the health of the high street that focuses on putting place first. The Association of Convenience Stores launched the report, which highlights the use of the ‘Makerfield Test’ as a means to deliver good growth on high streets. The ‘Makerfield Test’ is the idea that a policy must work for somewhere like Makerfield or the government ditches it. There is a stark contrast in the report between the high streets that people feel are getting better and those that are getting worse. Across the UK, only Greater London emerged as…

Blunted? Even the Wall Street Journal admits the US’s favourite weapon is rusting

Post author:Nandita Lal
Post published:25 June 2026
Post last modified:26 June 2026

The Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) latest feature on how American sanctions on Iran failed because China built a yuan-powered workaround will be a difficult read for Atlanticists. China has built up international trade in the yuan, giving Iran and Russia a way to evade sanctions https://t.co/EviGCVtlXW — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 24, 2026 The piece falls shy of praising China’s financial system, which it says is aimed at weakening Washington’s power to dictate world affairs. The failure of the US’s Economic Fury is explained by WSJ as: “…… in late April when the U.S. escalated its “Economic Fury” campaign against…