The Musk-inspired media war on Starmer - time for a left response
5 days ago · THE government stands blindsided by a media frenzy, too cowardly to retort to a tycoon close to incoming US president Donald Trump, too unprincipled to separate the issue of child sexual exploitation from its racist framing by the right. Elon Musk’s attacks are ferocious: a minister’s view that ...
Prince Andrew reported to police over Companies House filing
4 days ago · PRINCE ANDREW was reported to the police today after he allegedly set up a company using false information. Graham Smith, the CEO of anti-monarchy group Republic, filed the report, alleging that the prince, real name Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, used the false name of Andrew Inverness.
Crime fiction with Mat Coward: January 7, 2025 - Morning Star
3 days ago · CRIME stories have been a fixture at Christmas for well over a century now, and Death Comes At Christmas (Titan, £19.99), edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane, is one of the best anthologies of its type I can remember.. There’s not a single weak entry among the 18 pieces by as many authors, and several real winners, with a good variety of tone and type, from …
Climate activists jailed for combined 41 years vow to ‘never give …
4 days ago · SIXTEEN Just Stop Oil activists jailed for a combined 41 years for non-violent action vowed to “never give up” today. The activists were sentenced after the former so-called independent extremism adviser Lord Walney, a lobbyist for the arms and oil industry, urged the harshest response for those resisting genocide, whether from carbon emissions or Israeli bombs.
We can and must force the government to change course on Israel
3 days ago · PRESSURE continues to mount on the government over its backing for Israel and its failure to take any serious measures to impede its genocide of the Palestinian people. MPs from all parts of the Commons united at the first opportunity in the new year to demand that ministers act. Even many Tory ...
Elon Musk doesn't care for child victims nor justice, Starmer says in ...
4 days ago · ELON MUSK does not care about child rape victims nor justice, said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today as he warned the world’s richest man that a “line has been crossed” when people receive serious threats as a result of the “poison of the far right.”
Welsh nationalists to hold next independence march in Barry
4 days ago · WELSH nationalists announced today the next march for independence will take place in Barry, south Wales, on April 26. YesCymru and AUOBCymru (All Under One Banner) have chosen Barry as it played a role in the Cymru Fydd (Young Wales) movement of the 1890s, which championed Welsh home rule and self-governance.
No direction home: a history of building left politics
4 days ago · THE LEFT, broadly conceived, has been the key organising force behind the 22 demonstrations in support of the Palestinians held in central London in 2024, most having hundreds of thousands marching. The Times columnist Patrick Maguire has speculated that 2025 might be the time that a new political ...
Musk accused of ‘disgraceful smear’ in attacks against …
5 days ago · ELON MUSK'S attacks against safeguarding minster Jess Phillips over grooming gangs were labelled a “disgraceful smear” today. The tech billionaire owner of social media platform X, Tesla and Space X suggested Ms Philips “deserves to be in prison” and called her a “rape genocide apologist.”
Headteachers' slam Senedd debate on mobile phone ban in schools
4 days ago · HEAD TEACHERS have slammed a Senedd debate today to ban mobile phones in Welsh schools. Laura Doel, of school leaders union NAHT Cymru, called the debate “an unnecessary distraction” from more pressing issues facing schools, including funding shortfalls, support for pupils with additional learning needs and the staff recruitment and retention crisis.