UK
-
Why we still don’t know “the truth” about Grenfell
On 14 June 2017, a devastating fire broke out at Grenfell Tower, eventually killing 72 people, injuring hundreds more and leaving over 200 households homeless. Yesterday, a Prime Minister not renowned for being closely acquainted with honesty has trumpeted that the formal unveiling of the Report of Phase 1 of the Public Inquiry into the… Continue reading
-
Johnson and Cummings – Police hand criminal evidence to prosecution agency over Brexit campaign
Evidence that could lead to criminal charges against the pro-Brexit campaign led by Boris Johnson and his key adviser, Dominic Cummings, has now been passed by police to the criminal prosecution authorities, openDemocracy has learned. Continue reading
-
Trump targets Corbyn in UK election intervention
US President Donald Trump intervened at the start of Britain’s snap general election campaign Thursday to publicly attack Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, warning that a Corbyn premiership would take the UK into “bad places.” Continue reading
-
UK art exhibition for Julian Assange: “If courage was not contagious, I wouldn’t be here today”
In the face of a media blackout and state-orchestrated vendetta, support for Julian Assange is growing among artists. An Exhibition of Free Expression by three local artists on the UK’s Isle of Wight offered a revealing glimpse of popular opposition to the attempts to silence the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder and award-winning journalist. Continue reading
-
IRR News (16 – 30 October 2019)
Last week crowds stood in silent vigil outside the Home Office and Belfast City Hall for the 39 undocumented migrants, believed to be Vietnamese nationals, who were found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry. We know that UK government policies which make it impossible to enter the country using safe means contributed to… Continue reading
-
Inquiry issues cover-up report on Grenfell Tower fire disaster By Robert Stevens
The report of the first phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry confirms that it is a rotten political cover-up, designed to protect those in the corporate and political elite who are guilty of the horrific murders of 72 men, women and children. Continue reading
-
British Government Retains Julian Assange in a Maximum Security Prison at the Behest of Trump Regime
At his latest extradition hearing Julian Assange was once again denied justice by a British court. If extradited to the U.S. he faces 175 years imprisonment for revealing American war crimes committed during its regime change wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading
-
Grenfell Report Phase 1 Seeks to Blame the Firefighters
One simple fact cannot be hidden. The firefighters did not cause the fire. Phase 1 of Judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report of the public inquiry into the Grenfell disaster has been released to relatives prior to publication tomorrow. According to the Guardian, it concentrates blame on the firefighters in charge of tackling the blaze. This… Continue reading
-
UK: Johnson set to win vote to hold December general election
MPs voted last night to reject Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s motion to call a snap general election on December 12. Johnson won the vote by 299 to 70 but the Fixed Term Parliament Act (FTPA) requires that general elections can only be called with the votes of two thirds (434) of MPs. Continue reading
-
Upcoming Events for Julian Assange
29 October 2019 — Defend Wikileaks 5 November LONDON: Rappers MIA and Lowkey to perform and Julian Assange’s father John Shipton to speak outside the Home Office Facebook event page Eventbrite page 6:00PM Continue reading
-
Brexit News Links 27-28 October 2019
28 October 2019 • 14:15 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Brexit: European leaders agree extension to 31 January https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50205603 Tories keep lying about the NHS, but a new poll shows the truth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/6gI7RsJ5HhA/ Continue reading
-
Did this happen in the home of Magna Carta? By John Pilger
In a special comment written for Consortium News, John Pilger describes the disturbing scene inside a London courtroom last week when the WikiLeaks publisher, Julian Assange, appeared at the start of a landmark extradition case that will define the future of free journalism. Continue reading
-
Statewatch News Online, 28 October 2019 (19/19)
28 October 2019 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/oct/email-28-10-19.pdf Please to support our work STATEWATCH NEWS 1. EU migration agenda highlights its shortcomings 2. EU: PNR: Council to “explore” surveillance and profiling of all forms of mass transport 3. Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (15-21.10.19) 4. Refugee crisis: latest news from across… Continue reading
-
Julian Assange News Links 27-28 October 2019
28 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Assange extradition – Evidence of a CIA kidnap plot emerges, denial of legal privilege and now a closed court without scrutiny https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/assange-extradition-evidence-of-a-cia-kidnap-plot-emerges-denial-of-legal-privilege-and-now-a-closed-court-without-scrutiny/ Stop the US extradition of WikiLeaks publisher… Continue reading
-
European Union delays Brexit extension decision as Corbyn tries to avoid general election By Robert Stevens
Boris Johnson, right, and Jeremy Corbyn walk through the Commons Members Lobby in Parliament, London [Source: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool] Continue reading
-
Britain obstructs Spanish investigation into CIA spying on Julian Assange By Oscar Grenfell
In a blatant attempt to obstruct justice, British judicial authorities are stymying an investigation into the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) illegal spying on WikiLeaks’ publisher Julian Assange. El Pais reported on Wednesday that a request by Spanish judge José de la Mata to interview Assange via videolink had been rejected by the United Kingdom… Continue reading
-
Julian Assange News Links 23-25 October 2019
25 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Liberating Assange: A Woeful Lack of Leadership https://www.globalresearch.ca/liberating-assange-lack-leadership/5693079 Open Letter to PM Boris Johnson, Priti Patel, Sajid Javid, and Kevin Hollinrake https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/open-letter-to-pm-boris-johnson-priti-patel-sajid-javid-and-kevin-hollinrake/ Continue reading
-
Brexit News Links 24-25 October 2019
25 October 2019 • 16:40 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Johnson Seeks UK Snap Election to Break No-Brexit/Brexit Deal Impasse https://www.globalresearch.ca/johnson-seeks-uk-snap-election-break-no-brexit-brexit-deal-impasse/5693045 At What Point Do We Admit Brexit Was About Tax Evasion? https://www.globalresearch.ca/what-point-do-we-admit-brexit-was-about-tax-evasion/5693048 Brexit: EU agrees… Continue reading
-
British Workers By Tony Norfield
As we wait impatiently while the Brits go through the interminable travail of Brexit, let us have a look at who they are. Not directly in a social, cultural or political sense, but by reviewing the data on UK employment. Work gives a foundation for people’s daily lives and will, in turn, have an impact… Continue reading
-
The Skripals, Salisbury and the curious case of Dawn Sturgess’s inquest By Craig Murray
The killing of poor Dawn Sturgess was much the most serious of the events in Salisbury and Amesbury that attracted international attention. Yet nobody has been charged, no arrest warrant issued and no inquest held. The inquest for Dawn Sturgess has today been yet again postponed, for the fourth time, and for the first time… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 