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Campaigning against antisemitism only – while ignoring other racism – is simply white supremacy in action

April 17, 2019

This might be my most controversial blogpost yet. But truth hurts sometimes. And here it is. Antisemitism exists in the …

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More Brexiter lies: No – the Revoke Art. 50 petition is NOT being faked by Russian bots or fraudsters

March 22, 2019

According to leading Brexiters, the petition to revoke article 50 (sign here) allows people to sign multiple times, allows non-Brits …

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Jacob Rees-Mogg backs activists cited by New Zealand mosque murderer

March 15, 2019

Jacob Rees-Mogg openly supports a right-wing group called ‘Turning Point‘: Turning Point is a US import into the UK, headed …

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Please don’t ask me if I am Jewish if you want a polite reply.

March 10, 2019

Since I started to write about what I see as the trivialisation of antisemitism in recent months, I have been …

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Did you hear Jeremy Corbyn was ‘egged’ today? He wasn’t. He was punched.

March 4, 2019

According to many mainstream press outlets, Corbyn was “egged” today during a visit to a mosque: But that is a lie. …

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“Bomb Synagogues”, “Jewish Rats” – Tory politicians in Facebook hate group

March 3, 2019

Comments by supporters of Boris Johnson – unreported in the mainstream press – found on a Facebook group run by …

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Hard brexit campaign run by white, male, public school educated, southerners

February 11, 2019

One of the biggest and most ridiculous lies spun by the UK press is that the Brexit vote was some …

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How Labour‘s Brexit strategy is walking into a Tory trap

February 6, 2019

Guest post by Dr. Mike Galsworthy, Director of Scientists for EU and NHS Against Brexit It’s no secret that Jeremy Corbyn’s office …

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Tories plan to strip holiday pay, workers’ rights, employer pension contributions after Brexit

January 30, 2019

  Why is Theresa May’s former-Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab – and other top Tories – so hell-bent on a hard Brexit? In 2011, …

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Theresa May allies caught spreading anti-semitic propaganda

January 17, 2019

Theresa May’s Conservatives sit in the EU parliament with their close allies in the European Conservatives and Reformists group Poland’s …

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Tories issue licences to property developers to kill protected robins, starlings, blackbirds, sparrows, bullfinches

January 14, 2019

Natural England and Natural Resources Wales have mysteriously given the go-ahead for protected species such as robins, starlings, blackbirds and bullfinches to …

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DWP tells grieving mother to find job 3 days after death of young child: “grief is not an illness”

January 13, 2019

Posted on Twitter by an NHS GP: Dear @DWP, When a distraught mother has lost her young daughter, please can …

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Severely disabled 64-year old man found starving to death – while billionaires get tax cuts

January 13, 2019

These photographs and this status was posted on Facebook by a law adviser on Christmas Eve: Please spare a thought …

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BUSTED! Murdoch hack pretends to be Labour supporter leaving party over Corbyn

January 3, 2019

There’s a touching article in the Independent today from a supposedly lifelong Labour supporter who has left the party because …

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If Chinese conglomerates cannot control our phone networks – why have the Tories sold off our NUCLEAR POWER to the Chinese?

December 27, 2018

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is trying to display how tough he is by expressing his “concerns” about Chinese conglomerate Huawei …

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More lies from desperate Brexiters – UK will NOT lose abstention rights, nuclear deterrent if we stay in EU

December 17, 2018

Brexiters are getting desperate as they become more and more a minority. They are resorting to lying and spreading fake …

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Leavers ALREADY campaigning to win second referendum on social media – with even WORSE LIES than before

December 15, 2018

While Remainers haven’t even got off the starting blocks – a detailed list of anti-EU lies and fake news claiming …

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Tackling the Habitat of Far-Right Movements: From This is England to Gab

December 14, 2018

Guest post from Will Black, anthropologist, journalist and author of Veneer of Civilisation, Psychopathic Cultures, and Beyond the End of the …

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Pub chain owner denies using taxpayer money to subsidise wages in public row with DWP over Universal Credit

December 9, 2018

UPDATE: Both tweets deleted. Looks like this is something the DWP and some employers would rather taxpayers didn’t know about. …

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More fake news from mainstream journalists trying to influence Brexit

November 27, 2018

UPDATE: Facebook clamping down on fake news – doesn’t include the Mail, Sun or Express: Facebook claims UK introducing blue passports …

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Theresa May INCREASES taxpayer subsidies for her wealthy mates to go grouse shooting

November 3, 2018

So Theresa May says there isn’t enough money for doctors, nurses, hospitals, firefighters, so little money that she has had …

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Brexiters reveal plans to sell-off NHS hospitals to US firms after Brexit

October 31, 2018

Leading Brexiter Tories have revealed their plans to allow private US firms to take over NHS hospitals. They are also …

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May’s Brexit disaster unreported by UK press: Britain BLOCKED from $1.7 Trillion in WTO projects

October 22, 2018

Theresa May’s kowtowing to the hard Brexiters in her party may have just cost the UK $1.7 Trillion of access …

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New report shows if you’re against immigration you’re probably just racist

September 18, 2018

People who are against immigration usually deny it’s because they’re racist or because they don’t like foreigners. They tend to …

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Letter to Esther McVey MP

September 5, 2018

I’ll let you know if I get a reply:

Cancer sufferer father-of-two dies with just £8 IN POCKET after being told he can make tea

September 3, 2018

Joseph MacMillan had his nose amputated because of cancer. Despite fighting an ultimately losing battle with the disease, Joseph had …

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UK Government mulling ban on possession and distribution of pure ‘Fact’ after Brexit

August 30, 2018

(satire) MPs and activists have launched a drive for a post-Brexit ban on the distribution and import of pure varieties of ‘fact‘ …

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DIRTY TRICKS: Lib Dem Nick Clegg staffer claims to have left LABOUR over anti-semitism

August 29, 2018

A touching tweet and heartfelt blogpost from a Douglas Dowell about how he has left the Labour Party because of …

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Racists and antisemites openly infiltrating Conservative Party

August 24, 2018

Racists and former UKIP, BNP, EDL members are openly boasting on social media about how they are joining the Conservative …

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Anti-Corbynites are belittling the Holocaust. This has to stop. NOW.

August 17, 2018

Nazi soldiers would line Jewish children up along a pit – toddlers some of them – and shoot them in …

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