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Starmer and Reeves just showed their asses AGAIN – this time, over dodgy PPE contracts
3 December 2024 @ 8:18 pm
The chancellor has appointed a Special Covid Corruption Commissioner to look into billions of pounds in dodgy Covid contracts and PPE fraud. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer has appointed Chris Wormald as the government’s new cabinet secretary and head of the civil service. Previously, he was the top official from the Department for Health and Social Care, […]
By HG
French government about to collapse as Barnier goes full centrist management class
3 December 2024 @ 7:54 pm
The French government was stuck in deadlock for months after the Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) left-wing alliance won the most seats in the country’s snap legislative election in early July. That said, New Popular Front was short of a majority. Still, France’s President Emmanuel Macron ignored the results and appointed centrist Michel Barnier […]
By James Wright
The Aleppo neighbourhood resisting extremist invaders amid new Syria escalation
3 December 2024 @ 5:23 pm
Jihadist forces have invaded the Syrian city of Aleppo (Heleb) as part of a new escalation in the country’s ongoing proxy war. But the Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud (Şêxmeqsûd) and Ashrafiyeh have been resisting the invading extremists. And the Canary spoke to a resident of Sheikh Maqsoud to find out more about the situation. […]
By Ed Sykes
UN Day of Disabled People is a FARCE in a country that wants us all dead
3 December 2024 @ 5:14 pm
Hello again, on ‘IDPD2024!’ It’s been a while since I wrote this because among other things, I’ve been deep in writing my book. And after spending so long focusing on writing about how the government and media systematically and deliberately turned the public against disabled people to the point where they didn’t care when they […]
By Rachel Charlton-Dailey
Martin Lewis: we need YOUR help with a massive council tax banding scandal
3 December 2024 @ 4:44 pm
Martin Lewis has been instrumental in raising awareness of the scandal of incorrect council tax banding. It is a widespread issue that affects potentially hundreds of thousands of people. We know all about this – because myself and my partner Nicola Jeffery are one such household. However, it’s not just us. Our entire council estate […]
By Steve Topple
The UN is now investigating private sector complicity in Israel’s apartheid
3 December 2024 @ 4:02 pm
It’s emerged that the UN is investigating how private sector companies and institutions have been complicit in Israel’s apartheid and ethnic cleansing in Palestine and Gaza. So, the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians has answered a call for evidence from the UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, ahead of a report to […]
By The Canary
Jeremy Corbyn is out on tour this December. Here’s where he’s at.
3 December 2024 @ 12:55 pm
Jeremy Corbyn is taking part in two promotional events in Manchester and Rochdale on Saturday 14 December in support of the Peace and Justice Project’s new book, Monstrous Anger of the Guns: How The Global Arms Trade Is Ruining The World & What We Can Do About It. Monstrous Anger of the Guns: a new […]
By The Canary
Fraser Nelson failed to declare massive conflict of interest with Dispatches’ Britain’s Benefits Scandal
3 December 2024 @ 12:22 pm
A Channel 4 Dispatches documentary on DWP disability benefits came right out of the poverty porn playbook of the worst trash TV shows of the last decade. However, it’s little wonder when far-right foghorn and former Spectator editor Fraser Nelson (until just a few weeks ago we might add) was fronting the programme. The demonising […]
By Hannah Sharland
77% of universities have now pledged to divest from fossil fuels, in major win for campaigners
3 December 2024 @ 11:55 am
Over three-quarters of UK universities have pledged to exclude fossil fuel companies from their investment portfolios, following Birmingham City University, Glasgow School of Art, Royal Northern College of Music, and the University of Bradford all incorporating fossil fuel industry exclusions into their Ethical Investment Policies. Universities: divesting from fossil fuels en-masse People & Planet have […]
By The Canary
Comedian gatecrashes water industry do in Brighton – to the bemusement of bosses
3 December 2024 @ 11:00 am
Social media sensation Troy Hawke turned his attention to Britain’s water industry bosses – by gatecrashing an industry event. Hawke greeted executives at an annual conference in Brighton with his signature blend of elaborate compliments and uncomfortable truths about their industry’s record, and privatisation. The self-styled “Greeters’ Guild” frontman left industry leaders struggling to explain […]
By The Canary