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Jeremy Corbyn’s son Tommy claims he’s being terrorised by a hammer-wielding Jeremy Corbyn lookalike who ‘smashed his shop window and painted a swastika on it’ Police arrested a man after a swastika was daubed on the front of shop in March Tommy tweeted a picture of a Jeremy Corbyn lookalike, the alleged culprit He said … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn ‘made a last-ditch bid’ to secure peerages for ex-Speaker John Bercow and his former deputy Tom Watson He had put both controversial figures forward for elevation to the Upper House But they are understood to have been rejected after the usual vetting process He may have made a new bid just before he … Read more
Ed Miliband denies new Labour leader Keir Starmer is ‘purging’ Corbynistas saying he was right to sack senior left-winger Rebecca Long-Bailey for a ‘significant error of judgement’ in anti-Semitism row Mr Miliband said ‘decent’ Ms Long-Bailey made a ‘significant error of judgement’ She shared article online containing an allegedly anti-Semitic conspiracy theory In it actress … Read more
Viewers have called for Maxine Peake to be boycotted after she shared an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about George Floyd’s death. Her remarks linking the American’s killing to the Israeli Secret Service was widely condemned and sparked a furore that saw Labour politician Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked. Last night there were calls for Peake, 45, to be … Read more
Actress Maxine Peake has condemned racism after she was accused of spreading an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory in an interview with The Independent. The 45-year-old Shameless star came under fire yesterday after claiming Israeli secret forces taught US police tactics which killed George Floyd. Peake, a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, also called for the overthrow of ‘capitalist, … Read more
Actress Maxine Peake has condemned racism after she was accused of making anti-Semitic comments today in an interview with The Independent. The 45-year-old Shameless star has come under fire after claiming Israeli secret forces taught US police tactics which killed George Floyd. Peake, a Jeremy Corbyn supporter, also called for the overthrow of ‘capitalist, fascist … Read more
Boris Johnson is more popular among low-income voters than he is with the highest earners, a new study has shown. Research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation think tank into voting behaviour at last year’s election found the Tories established a 15-point lead over Labour among people on low incomes. The report examined evidence from the … Read more
Labour Left blasts Sir Keir Starmer for taking advice from ‘hated’ former Prime Minister Tony Blair Labour’s hard-Left last night branded Sir Kier Starmer ‘Continuity Blair’ MPs who dislike former PM Tony Blair after Starmer consulted with predecessor Sources say they spoke ‘more than once’ but refused to say what talked about By Brendan Carlin … Read more
Daniel Allen (10/03/1984) of Ridley Terrace, Sunderland, was charged with violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday 15 June. James Miekle (19/08/1981) of no fixed address, was charged with two counts of assaulting an emergency service worker. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 15 June 2020. … Read more
Home Secretary Priti Patel is incandescent. ‘They are trying to silence me because I don’t conform to their version of what it is to be an ethnic minority,’ she seethes. ‘They think they have a licence to speak for everybody from an ethnic minority community. ‘That is not the case. It is simply not the … Read more