BBC News reports on the court case involving a member of the British National Party who was banned from teaching for life following an incident in 2011. Adam Walker was initially handed a minimum two year ban after he verbally abused a group of boys and slashed their bike tyres. The ban was...
The Times on Friday covered the Electoral Commission’s publication of party donations for the last quarter of 2013; 1 October – 31 December. According to records filed, the Conservatives generated £4.8 million in the fourth quarter; the Labour Party £3.16 million and the Liberal Democrats...
The Daily Express and Daily Star both report on the Channel 5 debate broadcast last night, The Big British Immigration Row. The debate, which followed the far more sensible discussion of the issue on BBC 2 last month, explored views on immigration and showcased the results of a specially...
Richard Littlejohn in his Daily Mail page yesterday wrote an atrocious piece of pure Islamophobic bigotry whilst maligning Sheikh Haitham al-Haddad and the Muslim Research and Development Foundation. Late last week news was reported of the suspension by Legoland Windsor of its Facebook account...
Memphis Barker in a contribution to The Independent’s Independent Voices blog reflects on the ASBO imposed on Jordan Horner, a member of the so called ‘Muslim patrol’ who harangued passersby in east London last year with his bizarre take on public morality. Barker, defending the application...
The Daily Mail and Daily Express both cover the Anti-Social Behaviour Orders applied to three men involved in the so-called ‘Muslim patrols’ last January. Jordan Horner, 20, Royal Barnes, 23, and Ricardo MacFarlane, 26, were jailed for a total of two years and ten months for their...
A man charged with racially aggravated criminal damage for nailing a copy of the Qur’an to a former pub earmarked for conversion into an Islamic education centre admitted his crimes and apologised for his actions in court. Graham French painted the letters ‘EDL’ onto the wall of...
Local paper, the Windsor Express, reports on the abusive messages received by Legoland after details of a private hire by a Muslim foundation were seized upon by the English Defence League. The theme park has been hired by the Muslim Research and Development Foundation (MRDF) on March 9th for a fun...
Liberal Democrat MP for Burnley, Gordon Birtwistle, has set out his views on the cartoons posted by Maajid Nawaz, prompting calls for his deselection as prospective parliamentary candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn, in a letter to a constituent. Birtwistle, in his response to a constituent, wrote:...
Local paper, the Cambridge News, reports on the circulation of a petition by an English Defence League supporter against the Mill Road mosque development. The mosque, which was recently subjected to an attempted court injunction against development, is now the target of an online petition,...
