Amidst a flurry of articles by interested parties on the prospect of Lord Justice Leveson introducing statutory regulation of the press and a Lords debate last week on media standards and media regulation, The Guardian today reports that the Inquiry’s report has been delayed until the end of...
Douglas Murray on Spectator blogs writes about the recent parliamentary debate introduced by Baroness Cox on her Arbitration and Mediation Services (Equality) Bill,’ or the bill on ‘shari’ah courts’ as its most commonly understood. Murray argues that the government ‘[has] kick[ed] the...
The website, Vice, has published an article by Simon Childs on a recent BNP protest outside BBC Broadcasting House erroneously conflating the Jimmy Savile scandal with ‘fighting grooming gangs’. Childs comments on “how certain organisations with long-held grudges against the BBC have hijacked...
The Sunday Express published a comment piece by Geraint Jones on the possibility of the far right being handed an advantage in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections on November 15th on account of low voter turnout. The Sunday Express commissioned a poll which seems to reinforce fears that...
Islamophobia Watch covers the suspended jail sentence handed down to man who posted comments on his Facebook page encouraging people to petrol bomb an Indian takeaway in Carlisle because its owner was implicated in a sex grooming scandal. From the local paper:“A former hospital worker involved...
The Observer review yesterday carried a feature article on the newest member of the Le Pen family to enter French politics for the National Front, Marion Maréchal Le Pen. Talking about FN policies on the economy, Europe and immigration, Maréchal Le Pen explains why the FN would like to strip...
The chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association has outlined its plans for new and stricter measures to tackle and monitor racism in football. The six point plan, including a commitment to tackling Islamophobia, has been drawn up following a number of racist incidents arising...
News agency Reuters publicises the results of a poll published in French newspaper, le Figaro, which shows that “an increasing majority of people in France believe Islam plays too influential a role in their society and almost half see Muslims as a threat to their national identity”....
Police in County Durham have launched an investigation after a lit firework was pushed through the letterbox of the Jamia mosque in Darlington. From the Darlington and Stockton Times newspaper: “Poilce have launched an investigation after a man pushed a lit firework through the door of a mosque....
The Independent and Guardian today both cover the results of a poll on Israeli attitudes towards Palestinian Arabs which displays shocking levels of support for anti-Palestinian discrimination and apartheid policies. From the Independent: “A third of respondents believe that Israel’s...
