"An extremism expert has warned there is a danger that campaigning for – or even debating – #ScottishIndependence could come under UK counter-extremism legislation in the future.
"Professor Chris Allen – who leads the extremism hub at Leicester University’s Centre for Hate Studies – told @TheNational that Yessers could potentially even be referred to the [UK] Home Office’s 'Prevent' counter-extremism programme."
So now cash-strapped NHS trusts are being required to balance their books, and as such are being forced to choose between repairing buildings or retaining staff.
This engineered crisis of the NHS looks to be accelerating as the Tories use their last months in Govt. to squeeze the health service some more & ensure the maximum mess for Labour to deal with on gaining power (a mess so big the Tories will soon start blaming Labour for not clearing it up).
@ChrisMayLA6 The Tories repeatedly tell us that 'their plan is working'.
That plan would appear to be the destruction of the NHS, pollution of rivers and seas, economic decline, voter suppression, international isolation, fascism, etc.
Once upon a time, long long ago, you might have expected to read this in a national newspaper - the Sunday Times under Harold Evans, or the Guardian until a few years ago when it went corporate, or the Daily Mirror (which was on the side of Labour and Labour was on the side of the working class everywhere)
Now only people like Byline Times and Bella Caledonia dare speak the truth.
"Who decides what is and what is not an acceptable opinion? Undoubtedly, Michael Gove would count among his British values support for the Union under the crown. I support neither – does that make my values less respectable than his?"
"Any functioning democracy must have a way to register and adjust to public opinion and desire, a dynamic relationship which allows for policy change. This one only has denial."
“Rishi Sunak’s appalling and authoritarian comments over protesters – calling them ‘extremists‘ and saying the UK is heading towards ‘mob rule‘ – appears to now be reflected in England’s justice system. This is because a Crown Court judge, Judge Silas Reid, has now threatened a jury with criminal charges during the trial of five Extinction Rebellion protesters.”
James O'Brien pointing out that hysterical "reports" in The Daily Heil and The S*n regarding alleged pro-Palestine protesters' abuse of a poppy seller at Edinburgh Waverley station are complete bollocks (according to the BTP no evidence exists of any incident).
It's all part of a pattern. The right-wing media joined at the hip with the right-wing rabble rouser Braverman.
The Anglo-British right wing and its rancid right wing media have no right to dictate how we should remember those who gave up their lives for democracy.
Labour and Tory MPs punished for calling for peace
Promoting a ceasefire is now forbidden
Labour MP Andy McDonald is now officially an anti-Semite because he dared call for peace between Israel and Palestine. If you have called for peace, or even just privately want peace and are too scared to say so, you are an anti-Semite too.
The High Court has granted Liberty permission to take legal action against Suella Braverman for unlawfully introducing new anti-protest legislation which had been democratically rejected by Parliament. Way to go Liberty!
The Government could be about to take from pensioner's incomes to fund tax cuts while we’re all facing a cost of living crisis. [1] Even if your income doesn’t come from a pension right now, this could be the beginning of slashing people’s protections to make the rich richer.
To: Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister
DON’T TAKE FROM PENSIONS TO FUND TAX CUTS
The RSPB took on ministers and fell to earth. How it happened is a warning to us all
This is not just a story of a wildlife charity being bullied – it’s about the ugly truth of power dynamics in today’s Britain
Economic power seldom needs to discipline those who might challenge it. Most of the time, they do it to themselves. However extreme the ideologies promoted by corporations and oligarchs, organisational life falls broadly into line.
Mega-rich Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty lose £500,000 a day as wealth drops to £529m
The mega-rich PM and his wife are now worth around £529 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. But it's been a tough year for them, as in 2022 it was estimated they had a fortune of around £730 million
Sue Ellen ('Call me Dallas') is very much on message. Yes, I know that it's fake but the fact that it 'could' be real and may be real sooner rather than later should worry us all. Image from @coldwarsteve.