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The Labour Right Would Prefer a Johnson Government to a Corbyn One. It’s Time to Replace Them by Aaron Bastani
This was the week when the British establishment, from right to centre, effectively conceded they would prefer a Boris Johnson premiership to a Jeremy Corbyn one. This includes the Labour establishment, of course, the highlight being an advert in the Guardian taken out by 64 Labour Lords criticising the party’s leadership. Continue reading
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The ‘Unconstitutional Animus’ Against UK Labour Leader
Johanna Ross spoke with David Miller, a propaganda researcher, after the recent publicity of U.K. civil service murmurings about Jeremy Corbyn’s “fitness.” Continue reading
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Police drop Experian profiling tool following Big Brother Watch exposé
A year on from BigBrotherWatch’s investigation into Durham Police’s use of Experian’s ‘Mosaic’ big data profiling tool for AI custody decisions, BigBrotherWatch discovered through a long Freedom of Information battle that Durham Police heeded calls to drop the discriminatory tool less than three weeks after their exposé. Continue reading
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The Assange precedent: Journalists in Britain threatened with Official Secrets Act By Robert Stevens and Laura Tiernan
London’s Metropolitan Police threatened journalists with prosecution under the Official Secrets Act last Friday in an unprecedented attack on media freedom. Continue reading
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Amazon NHS partnership – more questions over backdoor privatisation
There is a lot going wrong in the world today and big tech is driving much of it in its indomitable thirst for ever greater global influence and markets to profit from. In the meantime, the British government is already making many moves to ‘Americanise’ society and continues towards its unpopular privatisation model in healthcare. Continue reading
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UK govt unveils plan to teach school kids about ‘fake news’… What could go wrong?
The British government is planning a new initiative which will aim to help schoolchildren distinguish real information from ‘fake news’ — in an eyebrow-raising move which could be described as a little bit Orwellian. Continue reading
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Mainstream Media Hide Skripal’s Connections to Russiagate-Trump Case By Eric Zuesse
News has slowly been getting out that the British Government’s account of the poisoning of the Skripals is a fabrication which had been done in order to escalate hostilities against Russia, and that when information from Democratic Party and Clinton campaign computers subsequently became either leaked or hacked to Wikileaks, the Democratic National Committee hired,… Continue reading
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The Guardian publishes, then censors Jewish open letter defending smeared pro-Corbyn Labour MP Chris Williamson By Ben Norton
Britain’s leading newspaper The Guardian, which has relentlessly attacked Jeremy Corbyn and his leftist allies, published but then quickly removed an open letter signed by Noam Chomsky defending Labour MP Chris Williamson from “anti-Semitism” smears. Continue reading
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US pours oil into fire in Gulf, mum’s the word for India by M.K. Bhadrakumar
The illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off Gibralter by the British Navy last Friday is fast acquiring farcical character. Britain acted at the behest of the US; in turn, the US probably acted at the behest of the ‘B Team’. So far, only one top US official has expressed joy over the incident… Continue reading
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Britain Ramps up Media War on Russia by Finian Cunningham
The British government appears to be more and more aping a Monty Python-type farce with each passing day. Soon the absurd ensemble will be complete if either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt becomes the next prime minister. Continue reading
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BBC Panorama witch-hunts Corbyn and Labour Party on bogus anti-Semitism charges By Richard Tyler
Britain’s Labour Party, and Jeremy Corbyn in particular, have faced a constant barrage of anti-Semitism allegations ever since he became party leader in September 2015. These allegations have originated in the Labour Party’s Blairite right wing, whose candidates for party leader lost resoundingly to Corbyn both in 2015 and again in 2016, as well as… Continue reading
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In Memory of Dawn Sturgess by Rob Slane
I couldn’t let the anniversary of the Amesbury case, in which Dawn Sturgess lost her life, pass without comment. My thanks to Duncan, Liane, and Paul especially, and many other commenters for their observations which have helped in the writing of this. It’s a long read. Here goes… Continue reading
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BBC’s anti-Corbyn hatchet job fails to land blow By Asa Winstanley
The BBC heavily trailed details from Wednesday night’s Panorama program, “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?” The papers were full of headlines about it over the weekend, and it was supposed to prove just how anti-Semitic Labour has become under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn. Continue reading
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Hypocrisy Taints UK’s Media Freedom Conference Russian Media Ban and Assange’s Arrest Demonstrate Doublethink
The UK is currently hosting the inaugural Global Media Freedom Conference, a joint project between the British and Canadian governments. You can read the aims and itinerary on the government’s website, here. Continue reading
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With Panorama’s hatchet job on Labour antisemitism, BBC has become the Tory’s attack dog By Jonathan Cook
It is difficult to describe as anything other than a hatchet job the BBC Panorama special this week that sought to bolster claims that the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn has become “institutionally antisemitic”. Continue reading
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Last night, the BBC edited a Labour email and broadcast the hit job to millions
On 10 July, the BBC stood accused of “doctoring’ a Labour email. The public organisation then broadcasted the result to millions not once, but twice. Continue reading
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Jewish Voice for Labour accuse the BBC of showing ‘half-truths, distortions and outright invention’
On 10 July, BBC‘s Panorama broadcast an hour-long show called Is Labour Antisemitic? The BBC claimed it presented “exclusive interviews from key insiders and access to confidential communications” in order to reveal “evasions and contradictions at the heart” of the Labour Party. Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL) has since responded with a statement calling the… Continue reading
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Revealed: UK police spy who infiltrated Palestine solidarity By Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada is publishing the first photos of the police spy who infiltrated a Palestine solidarity group in the UK 15 years ago. As we reported in December, the spy was an officer with the “anti-terrorist” Special Demonstration Squad. Continue reading
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Spanish security firm spied on Assange 24/7, reveals plan to smuggle him to Russia or Cuba – report
Julian Assange’s team had plans to evacuate him from London to Russia or Cuba, but the Australian, who was watched round-the-clock by a Spanish security firm, refused to flee as it might be seen as defeat, a media report reveals. Continue reading
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Government That Tortures Journalists Bans RT From Media Conference By Caitlin Johnstone
The British Foreign Office has banned Russian outlets RT and Sputnik from attending the upcoming Global Conference on Media Freedom in London, citing their predilection for “disinformation”. Continue reading
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