BBC News reports on a controversy involving schools in Lancashire where Muslim students are being urged to boycott meat used in preparation of school meals because of concerns over its compliance with accredited halal slaughter. The Lancashire Council of Mosques (LCM) stated that the meat suppliers...
Independent columnist, Owen Jones, in his latest column for the paper referred to his appearance on BBC Question Time last week, alongside Yvette Cooper, Iain Duncan-Smith and Charles Kennedy, saying the debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict was an example of the “nuance, rather than...
The Independent and local newspaper, The Argus, have both reported on the arrest of a 16 year old boy for throwing ham at Broadfield mosque in Crawley, West Sussex. The Independent states that worshippers witnessed the scene as they left the mosque at around 4pm last Tuesday. The police arrested...
The Independent yesterday reported on a new guide launched over the weekend by the Christian Muslim Forum (CMF), dealing with interfaith marriages between members of the two faith groups. The article states that the document, ‘When two faiths meet’ (available here), “emphasises the need for...
The media monitoring site Spinwatch draws attention to a rather interesting recent example of BBC ineptitude which seems not to have been picked by the mainstream press. Hilary Aked on Spinwatch writes of the BBC’s frequently inviting Jonathan Sacerdoti onto the channel during Israel’s most...
Ahead of the publication of the Leveson Inquiry’s final report this Thursday, the papers over the weekend have been consumed with coverage on press regulation with a number of comment pieces and editorials fulminating at the prospect of statutory regulation. The Mail on Saturday reported on the...
The Sun reports on reaction to the comments by Crossbench peer, Baroness Shreela Flather, who weighed in on the controversy surrounding the Conservative Party’s newly appointed campaign chief, Lynton Crosby, saying “I don’t condone swearing, but Lynton is right to say it is pointless for the...
The Guardian reports on the Deputy PM, Nick Clegg’s attempt to convince his Conservative coalition partners to vote ‘yes’ to Palestinian statehood at the UN later this week. The Palestinian Authority is expected to renew its bid for statehood presenting its motion to the UN on November 29th....
A debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday followed the Foreign Secretary’s statement to the House on Gaza, the Middle East peace process and Syria. In his statement, Hague repeats the claim that “Hamas bears principal responsibility for the start of the current crisis” adding that...
Peter Oborne has written an article for The Spectator magazine on a book by Guardian journalist, Ian Cobain. Cobain’s book, ‘Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture’ brings to the reader evidence to refute the ‘official’ line that Britain does not ‘participate in, solicit,...
