The Guardian today reveals that a number of parliamentary passes issued by members of the House of Lords “have gone to consultants, lobbyists, or senior managers and executives in charities and businesses.” Lobbying – the ‘next big scandal waiting to happen’ as David...
A reader of the Crayford News Shopper in a letter to the editor urges locals to visit the NWK Muslim Association in an attempt to dispel the tensions created by far right activists in the area. The News Shopper reported last month that a far right group, English National Resistance, have threatened...
The media is today, as yesterday, filled with news about the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the UK’s first female Prime Minister, serving from 1979-1990. With the funeral expected to take place next week, and copious commentary in the newspapers on the nature of her premiership, her...
The Independent today profiles shadow Justice Secretary, Sadiq Khan MP. Khan talks about his responsibilities as a shadow cabinet minister and balancing his faith with his job. He tells interviewer Charlotte Philby: “In my job, if you’re not careful, it goes to your head. The car picks you up...
The BBC and Daily Express trail the BBC1 Panorama programme that is to be broadcast tonight on ‘Secrets of Britain’s Sharia Councils’. The Daily Express in an article headlined ‘Sharia court tells ‘abused wife’ to stay’ refers to the Baroness Cox and her work in trying...
PR Newswire relates changes to the Associated Press agency’s Stylebook for journalists concerning the use of the term ‘Islamist’. The move follows representations made by the Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to AP on the term which was formerly defined as: “Islamist —...
Daily Mail columnist Stephen Glover in his column in the paper last week wrote about the case against former foreign secretary, the Rt. Hon. Jack Straw MP, and former counter-intelligence head at MI6, Sir Mark Allen, concerning allegations of complicity in rendition and torture, and the refusal by...
The Guardian today reports on the latest obstacle to beset the Gibson inquiry, set up by the Prime Minister in July 2010 to investigate claims of the UK’s role in rendition and torture since 9/11. The Inquiry’s report, the Guardian notes, has yet to be published despite being handed to the PM...
Local newspaper, the Flintshire Chronicle, reports that police are investigating a suspected arson attack on the home of a Muslim family in the town of Shotton, north Wales. The paper reports: “North Wales Police launched an investigation after a garage at the back of Shafiul Islam’s house in...
The website Political Scrapbook reports on the backing given by the English Defence League to the UK Independence Party – a move that many will find troubling as local elections loom. Voters in over 40 local authorities will go to the polls as a third of all councillor positions come up for...
