The Guardian front page today relates information about UKIP’s political group affiliation in the European Parliament and the xenophobic, anti-Muslim remarks made by certain far right members of the group. UKIP, which is part of the Europe for Freedom and Democracy grouping in the European...
The Independent, Daily Telegraph, Radio Times and Metro all feature reviews of the BBC 3 programme EDL girls: Don’t Call me Racist. The programme which follows women attracted to the far right movement shines a light on their motivation for joining and their activities as ‘EDL Angels’....
The Mirror and BBC News report on the sentencing of a soldier who posted racist remarks on Facebook following the disappearance of Scottish toddler, Mikaeel Kular. Grenadier Guardsman Warren Butler, 19, posted the comment “F****** LOL to that P*** One down many more to go,” after Kular...
The Scotsman and Plymouth Herald report on a teacher and former UKIP candidate who has been suspended from his teaching job following a series of racist, nationalist and anti-Muslim tweets brought him before a professional disciplinary panel. Ron Northcott, who was forced to resign from UKIP last...
BBC News and ITV News both cover a suspected arson attack on a mosque in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. The mosque, built on the site of a former pub, has been targeted in a series of attacks including a pig’s head being thrown on the premises in July 2011. In the latest incident, a fire was […]
The newspapers in the last few days have been covering leaked documents which allegedly show a ‘plot’ by a small group pf Muslims residing in Birmingham to takeover schools in order to enforce a stricter Islamic conservatism in their ethos and operation. The documents, labelled ‘Operation...
The Daily Record reports on the court appearance of a German princess on charges of threatening to ‘kill Muslims’ and calling police officers paedophiles. The incidents all occurred at an Oktoberfest festival last year and the Princess, Theodora Sayn-Wittgenstein, has been charged with nine...
The Daily Mail, The Mirror and Daily Telegraph, Oldham Chronicle, and Manchester Evening News all report on the murder case of a husband accused of killing his wife over her alleged promiscuity. Farkhanda Younis, 30, also known as Jabeen, was found dead at her home of multiple stab wounds by her...
The Daily Mail, Metro, Independent, Windsor Express and BBC News all report on Windsor Legoland’s closure over the weekend of 8-9 March following the cancellation of a private group booking prompted by threats received from supporters of the English Defence League and other far right groups. The...
The Times front page today (see also The Guardian and Daily Mail) features a story on the call by John Blackwell, president-elect of the British Veterinary Association, for the debate on religious slaughter to be “moved forward so that the animals are stunned” prior to throat-slitting by...
