BBC News, The Guardian, and Metro all report on the release of hate crime statistics for April 2013 to March 2014 comprising of data supplied to the Home Office by the 43 police forces in England and Wales and the British Transport Police. The report details the number of hate crimes occurring...
The Times, The Independent, The Jewish Chronicle, New Statesman and the Huffington Post all report on Sir Alan Duncan’s keynote speech at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) yesterday. Sir Alan, a former Minister for International Development, launched an attack on Israel’s...
The Guardian reports that the Treasury has finally lifted anti-terrorism financial sanctions imposed upon Moazzam Begg, the outreach director of the civil rights organisation CAGE, two weeks after terror charges against him collapsed and he was released without charge. Begg’s bank accounts...
MPs took the historic decision to recognise Palestine as a state after a backbench debate yesterday evening ended with a vote of 274 to 12, a massive majority of 262. The vote has no bearing on the official UK government position but the widely backed symbolic move evinces a shift in public opinion...
Roy Greenslade, professor of journalism at City University, compares the miscarriages of justice fuelled by anti-Irish prejudice in the 70s with the present day experiences of British Muslims in a column in the Guardian. In a column reminiscent of an earlier contribution by fellow columnist Owen...
The Daily Mirror, The Independent, and local papers, Express and Star and Birmingham Mail, all report on the English Defence League rally in Birmingham’s city centre at the weekend. While approximately 500 EDL members gathered in Centenary Square, between 250 and 300 Unite Against Fascism...
Parliament today took the historic decision to recognize the state of Palestine. The vote was won by 274 to 12 after a lengthy debate in the House of Commons. The motion passed stated: “That this House believes that the Government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of...
The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror, The Times, BBC News, Sky News, and The Daily Record all report on today’s debate in Parliament on whether to recognise the statehood of Palestine. The House of Commons debate comes after the Swedish...
The Independent front page today focuses on the backbench debate in Parliament on Monday debating a motion for unilateral recognition of the State of Palestine. The paper publishes a letter from retired diplomats, including two former Consul-Generals of Jerusalem, urging MPs to support the motion....
The Mirror reports today that Mr Jonathan Parker, a school teacher at Washwood Heath Academy in Birmingham has been suspended from the school over allegations that he posted ‘racist’ messages about Muslims on social networking site, Facebook. An investigation has been launched and Mr Parker was...
