Taliban atrocities continue
SINCE the departure of US and UK forces from Afghanistan, beginning in 2014 with the final withdrawal a little over a month ago, the mainstream media appear unconcerned as to…
Heartless Tories cut to Universal Credit
THE poorest in the UK have been hit once again by a government which can only be described as heartless. Whether you need the £20 Universal Credit (UC) uplift or…
Culture of misogyny in police force
THE latest UK policeman to be charged with rape comes as no surprise to those of us who have been paying attention to the culture of misogyny within police forces…
As species die, time runs out for us all
FROM a drought in Kenya threatening more than 2 million people with starvation, to floods in China, to the very real danger of the world losing 18-49% of its insect species,…
Whole-life sentence for former Met officer
WAYNE COUZENS, the former Met police officer who murdered 33 year-old Sarah Everard, will spend the rest of his life in prison after the judge said he showed “no genuine…
Andy McDonald quits Shadow Cabinet
IN what came as a shock to many, Andy McDonald resigned yesterday afternoon showing the Labour Party leadership what principles and integrity look like. The Shadow Employment Rights Secretary said…
Row erupts over a second Scottish independence referendum
A FURIOUS row erupted in the House of Commons yesterday over the ever-thorny but still popular north of the border issue of Scottish independence. SNP MP David Linden said: “We…
Biden administration speeds up deportations of Haitians
SOME around the world may have thought that with the election of Joe Biden more compassionate treatment of migrants to the US would be shown. But, as the country ramped…
The hidden shame of child brides in the USA
WITH the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and the anniversary of 9/11 last Saturday, there is of course a lot of talk about the ‘war on terror’ which led to…
Why are black women more at risk from pregnancy and childbirth?
A LITTLE over seven months ago the fact that black women die in pregnancy or childbirth at a far higher rate than white women was plastered all over the mainstream…