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Greyhound racing supporter tells activists ‘We’ll blow all our dogs away’

Post author:Robert Freeman
Post published:28 July 2026
Post last modified:28 July 2026

The pantomime of cruelty known as greyhound racing is slowly fading away, emitting a death rattle that matches the unpleasantness of what preceded it. New Zealand has now banned the sport and Auckland’s Manukau Stadium held its final parade of sadism on 26 July. The country will permit no further greyhound racing after 1 August. One supporter was finally prepared to offer some transparency into the notoriously opaque sport, telling activists who oppose the cruelty: On Monday we’re gonna blow all our dogs away. Fuck you. Owners of greyhounds abused for racing have been found to massacre their dogs in vast…

Former Sharon Graham election organiser tells Unite members: “Vote Dubbins”

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

Unite official Matt Smith played an extensive role in Sharon Graham’s 2021 election campaign to become the union’s general secretary. But in the current general secretary election he is calling on members to back her rival Simon Dubbins for the job. Smith’s commitment to a Graham win was so great that he said “we will all work so hard to get Graham elected as Unite’s next general secretary”: Smith was then promoted in 2022 to Unite’s head of Member Relations: Changed tune But now, after five years of Graham running Unite, Smith has changed his mind completely. Now he has published…

A New Lowe: far-right UK politician tells Joe Rogan Dunblane school massacre was ‘one murder’

Post author:Joe Glenton
Post published:9 July 2026
Post last modified:9 July 2026

Hard-right Restore Britain MP Rupert Lowe has caused uproar by telling grating Yank podcaster Joe Rogan that the 1996 Dunblane massacre was only ‘one murder’. The tone-deaf right-winger also lamented that his father lost his pistols due to changes in law brought in after the killings. Well, boo-bloody-hoo, for daddy. The Oxford-educated ex-banker was talking about UK gun laws with Rogan, who is himself the human embodiment of divorced-man-whose-kids-won’t-speak-to-them energy. Let’s get this straight. In March 1996, Thomas Hamilton, an alleged nonce, walked into a primary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and massacred 16 primary school pupils and a teacher. He stalked…

Polanski tells Clacton they deserve better than Farage

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:7 July 2026
Post last modified:7 July 2026

On Tuesday 7 July, Nigel Farage announced his intention to step down as an MP. Seconds later, he announced his intention to fight in the subsequent by-election. Minutes after that, the Green Party argued that Farage’s move is little more than a stunt: "This is another stunt from Nigel Farage. He knew the grift was going to catch up with him eventually, so he's pulled the trigger instead." Green Party leader Zack Polanski on Farage's resignation and forced by-election. pic.twitter.com/tLmqkflUAT — The Green Party (@TheGreenParty) July 7, 2026 Fighting Farage on the (Clacton) beaches In the video above, Polanski says: And…

US politician tells Zionist crowd Jews are ‘masters of universe’

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

Pro-Israel US politician, Norm Coleman, the vice-president of Donald Trump‘s new ‘Defense Policy Board’, told an annual Zionist conference that Jews are the “masters of the universe”. Not just that, but Jewish people control the media — and must use that control to “make sure” that the US population supports Israel — Coleman said at the JNS policy summit. He said: The masters of the universe are Jews. We have Zuckerberg from Facebook, we have Sergey Brin from Google, we have Jan Koum, the founder of WhatsApp… it’s all us. We must control the digital world and social media. https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/3fdGLbeLl-FZg7451.mp4 Antisemitism…

Faiza Shaheen tells Burnham: abandon Israel to win back voters

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:28 June 2026
Post last modified:28 June 2026

Former Labour candidate Faiza Shaheen has told Andy Burnham what he needs to do if he’s to win back the voters Keir Starmer drove away: #politicslondon asks, how can Labour win back lost voters?@faizashaheen: Build council houses. Make people materially better off through policies like free school meals. End arms sales to Israel. pic.twitter.com/sErsFewDoh — Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 28, 2026 It’s a lesson many in the Labour Party don’t want to hear. But one way or another, they will learn it. Faiza Shaheen Shaheen stood as an independent in the 2024 general election after Labour blocked her from standing. She…

Exclusive: Unite tells Community members ‘cancel fuel poverty protest with Greenpeace’

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

Unite Community (UC), set up by then-general secretary Len McCluskey, is the Unite union’s section for unwaged people — and Unite’s most politically active. But members and officials feel marginalised by new general secretary Sharon Graham. They resent the union’s interference in their political activities, and have now been told they can’t participate in a climate protest. Probably because of who created it, and its campaigning focus, ‘workplace-only’ Graham was planning to wind down Unite Community and merge it with the retired members’ section. Graham U-turned on the plan after Skwawkbox exposed it — but the interference continues. Graham is currently…

Farage tells unions to ditch Labour for racist Reform

Post author:HG
Post published:9 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

Nigel Farage has called on the Unions to ditch Labour and instead join far-right Reform UK. Reform is now the party of workers. Today I am inviting trade unions to apply for affiliation with Reform UK. We also welcome union leaders to attend our national conference in September and engage in discussions about the policies of a future Reform government. pic.twitter.com/v9dRHMmwU4 — Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) June 9, 2026 Farage has never been a member of a union. Instead, he has spent most of his career spouting hatred at them. Nigel Farage hasn’t been a member of a union his whole…

Tuchel tells Bellingham to fight for his place

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:8 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

England manager Thomas Tuchel has sent a direct message to Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham, emphasising that competition for starting places in the squad heading to the 2026 World Cup will be wide open, with no guarantees for any player. Bellingham’s place not confirmed – yet According to Sky Sports, Tuchel emphasised that Bellingham is one of several players in contention for the playmaker role (No. 10), given the wealth of options available within the England squad. This comes at a time when Bellingham has featured in just four matches during the qualifiers, whilst the coaching staff have relied on other…

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…

Singer CMAT says ‘f*ck Reform’ and tells UK artists to get off the fence

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:24 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Speaking at the Ivor Novello awards, singer CMAT has spoken out against Reform UK and the far right. She’s also called on her fellow artists to get off the fence and to take a stand: "I have no time, sympathy or empathy for anybody that decides to make life more difficult for people who are just trying to live" – @cmatbaby sticks it to Reform, Farage and fascists during her powerful @IvorsAcademy speech#CMAT #IvorNovello2026 pic.twitter.com/wMS1dVI9MS — NME (@NME) May 22, 2026 CMAT “F*ck Reform” CMAT (real name Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson) was born in Dublin — the capital of the Republic of…