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Water failure now top threat to UK – where’s the institutional panic?

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Water failure now top threat to UK – where’s the institutional panic?

After decades of under-investment by greedy private water companies, the failure of the UK’s water supply is now the top threat to the UK, alongside a new pandemic. Norwich MP, Clive Lewis, pointed out the news, which he said should “keep you awake at night”. So! “The @UKLabour govt’s National Risk Register now ranks losing our drinking water alongside a PANDEMIC as one of the two biggest threats facing the country” AND @andyburnham @EmmaforWycombe still insist that the private (and bankrupt ) Water Companies are the only solution https://t.co/gqWF1ZyiP7 — Allan Williams (@allanwales2) July 17, 2026 Lewis is right. The 2026…

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Amnesty withdraw report listing anti-rights organisations following Rowling legal threat

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Amnesty withdraw report listing anti-rights organisations following Rowling legal threat

Amnesty International UK has referred itself to the Charity Commission after withdrawing its recent report A Growing Threat: the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK following intervention from known bigot JK Rowling. The report listed 117 organisations which work to undermine abortion and LGBTQ+ rights across the country. The list included anti-abortion groups like Right to Life UK, Both Lives, and Abortion Resistance. It also featured conversion-therapy advocates GENSPECT and Thoughtful Therapists, and anti-trans organisations Gender Critical Greens and Transgender Trend. Rowling and the ‘women’s fund’ However, famously litigious anti-queer campaigner and sometime author JK Rowling waded in because of the inclusion of…

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US says it will “dismantle” ICC to prevent ‘threat’ to Israel

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US says it will “dismantle” ICC to prevent ‘threat’ to Israel

The US, through its ambassador to the UN, has said it will “dismantle” the International Criminal Court (ICC) to protect Israel. It didn’t name Israel, but Israel was clearly the point — and, of course, protecting the US’s own mountain of war criminals. The attack came a day after warmongering US secretary of state Marco Rubio also threatened the court. Orwellian claims And Jeff Bartos was in full Orwellian mood, claiming the ICC is engaged in some kind of international takeover. The US has enabled Israel’s Gaza genocide and murder of Lebanese civilians as well as knowingly slaughtering over 160 schoolgirls…

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Bomb threat at Birmingham Islamic school ignored by national media

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Bomb threat at Birmingham Islamic school ignored by national media

The silence of politicians and mainstream media on Islamophobic attacks continues with a secondary school in Birmingham. After a string of attacks on mosques and family homes, Hamd House School in the Bordesley Green area of the city, had to be evacuated after a bomb threat on Tuesday. But apart from an article in Birmingham Live, the frightening incident has been ignored by government and state-corporate media. Birmingham school pupils evacuated It was reported that 450 pupils had to flee the building while police with sniffer dogs swept it for explosives. Israr Khan, boss of the independent school, rated ‘outstanding’ by…

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

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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Defence Universities Alliance condemned as a threat to academic freedom

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Defence Universities Alliance condemned as a threat to academic freedom

A growing group of academics, students, trade unionists, education advocates, and civil society organisations across the UK has condemned the Ministry of Defence’s newly launched Defence Universities Alliance. They’re warning that the initiative represents a dangerous escalation in the militarisation of higher education. Demilitarise Education has released an official public statement opposing the Defence Universities Alliance. Ten organisations and groups across the UK have endorsed the statement, including: World Beyond War. Action on Armed Violence. Loughborough Action for Palestine. Stop the War. Boycott, Divest, Sanction Group – UCL. CND. People & Planet. University & College Workers for Palestine. Quakers in Britain.…

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