IN AN ISLAMOPHOBIC outburst, former Foreign Secretary Tory MP Boris Johnson has made fun of the burqa. Writing in his weekly newspaper column, Johnson said that women who wear traditional Islamic garments – burqas and niqabs – look like bank ...
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Corbyn visits Jordan on World Refugee Day
LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn MP visited refugee camps in Jordan at the end of June to mark World Refugee Day – and from there he called on the UK and European governments to do more to help refugees. Corbyn implored ...
Read More »Corbyn calls for aid and talks, not raids and threats
LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn wrote to Tory Prime Minister Theresa May after she had sent UK aircraft to bomb Syria in retaliation for President Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons against the Syrian population in Douma. Corbyn set out his ...
Read More »Western air strikes on Syria condemned
AS THERESA MAY risked UK and Syrian lives with a military attack on targets in Syria last night, opposition came from many UK sources. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn gave a quick and concise response, saying, “Bombs won’t save lives or ...
Read More »Theresa May defends UK part in Syria bombing
THE LAST TIME Parliament discussed whether to bomb Syria, it voted against taking action. Nonetheless, when offered the chance to put UK and Syrian lives at risk last night, Prime Minister Theresa May joined in. Today May said that she ...
Read More »Britain First leaders jailed for hate crime
BRITAIN FIRST is in crisis as its Leader and Deputy Leader are jailed for religiously aggravated harassment. Sentencing the two, Judge Barron said that they had demonstrated hostility towards Muslims and the Muslim faith. Jayda Fransen gained notoriety last year ...
Read More »Biggs accepts call to stand up to racism
JOHN BIGGS, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, went to the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre last week to receive a petition handed to him by Dilowar Khan, Director of Engagement for the Mosque. The petition called for action ...
Read More »Rabina and the words of Holocaust and hatred
TODAY IS Holocaust Memorial Day – and Cllr Rabina Khan has marked the occasion with an article in The Independent. She explores how words can be used to encourage hate and even provoke violence – and how we can use ...
Read More »Corbyn sticks to script amid Tory disarray
IF YOU’RE IN A HOLE, stop digging. That’s a phrase the Tories seem to have forgotten this month as squabbling Ministers make it every plainer that the Tory Government is having a hard time. Theresa May must be running out ...
Read More »Top Tories are squabbling again
IS IT TURNING into UKIP? Tory Party members must be wondering whether they have woken up in another party, as leading Tories in the Government are squabbling with each other in a way we usually only see in UKIP. The ...
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