Stronger internet legislation is needed. But how will that moderate the brutishness of real people in real places? The late MP David Amess was concerned about the degradation and noxiousness of public discourse in contemporary Britain before he was killed in an attack at his constituency surgery. Mark Francois, one of his closest mates, now campaigning…
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Johnson, Cameron and others who hold power were not born this way. No one is. On Monday, BBC’s Panorama claimed David Cameron made around £7m from Greensill Capital before it went into administration in March. Cameron disputes that figure, but has previously admitted he was very well paid by the financial services company. He lobbied for his paymasters ebulliently, sent dozens of…
The by-election has become a battleground for far-right hoods, the hard left, the current Tories, nationalists and Labour activists Thanks and no thanks to the many Muslims who have been in touch since I tweeted this: “Muslims inciting hatred against Kim Leadbeater and LGBT people are scum. So say I, a Muslim. Other fair-minded Muslims should too”.…
In light of the recent events that have unfolded in Gaza and Jerusalem(including Sheikh Jarrah), Members and Trustees of BMSD call for an end to violence and bloodshed in Gaza and Jerusalem; and a long-term commitment to justice and statehood for Palestinian people.
Younger Syrians see themselves more as ‘survivors’ rather than ‘victims’ Mustapha Karkouti, my close friend, was a Syrian-born British journalist, who died of a heart attack last July. We would often have coffee and talk politics. Today, we would have ruminated about the Syrian spring which led to an unending, grave winter. Ten years ago,…