The Alt-Right on Facebook Are Hijacking Canada’s Trucker Blockade
In Ottawa, a protest against vaccine mandates has become an international sensation. American far-right personalities are behind its online rise.Continue Reading
2022-02-08
Cost of living crisis: historical evidence suggests voters could quickly turn against Tories
Rishi Sunak: the lightbulbs are coming for you. HM Treasury/ Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND After years of being relatively low, inflation is now re-emerging with a vengeance. The Bank of England expects it to rise to more than 7% by the spring of this year. Shortages of both workers and goodsContinue Reading
2022-02-08
The politics of Neighbours: what the Australian soap can teach us about post-Thatcher Britain
Channel 5’s decision to axe Australian soap opera Neighbours has led to widespread dismay among British people in their thirties and upwards. After 36 years on British screens, the network said it will instead invest more in “original UK drama”. Although its 1990 heyday of 20 million viewers on BBCContinue Reading
2022-02-08
Сhurch restoration project
Those words were recently said to me by someone who contacted us to make a donation a few years ago and is now immersed in St Sampson’s Unlocked, the half a million-pound restoration project at St Sampson’s Church, South Hill, Cornwall. The more I thought about his words the moreContinue Reading
2022-02-08
Ban bee-killing pesticides says Plymouth MP
Today, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP Luke Pollard held a debate in Parliament calling for bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides to be banned. This call comes after news that the Environment Secretary and Cornish MP George Eustice has approved neonicotinoid pesticides for use on sugar beets in an attempt to tackle virus yellows. Government scientists hadContinue Reading
2022-02-08
Who is Arno Michels? Chelsea coach will be on touchline for Club World Cup
CHELSEA will be without Thomas Tuchel in the dugout for the start of their Fifa Club World Cup campaign against Al-Hilal. The semi-final match will take place at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi – but an unfamiliar face to most casual fans will be in the technical areaContinue Reading
2022-02-08
Luke Pollard Appointed Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP Luke Pollard has today [3/2/22] been asked by Keir Starmer to rejoin Labour’s frontbench, taking on the role of Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces. Luke will lead for Labour on military deployments, overseas operations, recruitment and cyber warfare. Luke Pollard MP said: “I’m delighted to beContinue Reading
2022-02-08
Get into the ‘Spirit’ before Luke is chanced!
Ubahha was the only conceivable danger to forecast long odds-on shot Palifico in a five-runner Novice Stakes over six furlongs of Southwell tapeta tonight but the multi-raced Dubawi gelding was last on a similar surface at Newcastle four days ago; according to reports Anthony Brittain’s charge, racing for the fifteenthContinue Reading
2022-02-08
Sports teams are finally scrapping Native American mascots – on both sides of the Atlantic
The Exeter Chiefs are the latest team to change their Native American branding. atsportphoto After two years of simply being called the Washington Football Team, the US capital’s American football franchise has unveiled its new name and branding: the Washington Commanders. Following over 80 years known as the Washington Redskins,Continue Reading
2022-02-08
Misogyny in police forces: understanding and fixing ‘cop culture’
The Metropolitan Police are under fire after an official investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) revealed details of officers exchanging discriminatory and misogynistic messages. These included discussions about hitting and raping women, with reference to specific female colleagues, which officers involved dismissed as “banter”. The report comesContinue Reading
2022-02-07