The fine of £50 handed to Emdadur Choudhury, one of the men who burnt poppies on Remembrance Day last year, has received widespread attention both from national (Daily Mail, Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Star, the Guardian) and local media (Evening Standard, East London Advertiser, Liverpool...
Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has ‘upgraded’ the status of the Palestinian delegation in the UK to that of a full diplomatic mission. From the Guardian: “William Hague said that Britain had upgraded the status of Palestinian diplomats in the UK, in a largely symbolic move aimed at...
On Tuesday 22nd March, ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ is holding a free teacher training event at Charlton Athletic. The event aims to: • Raise awareness of issues of racism and the impact on young people• Examine how race equality can be promoted through the curriculum• Empower delegates...
The Daily Star has a track record of regularly spewing out inaccurate, inflammatory and highly negative stories on Muslims and Islam. Now one of its own reporters, Richard Peppiatt, has had a laudable crisis of conscience and has quit the paper over its “hate-mongering.” In his resignation...
Manchester Evening News reported of the arrests of 34 people following a demonstration by far right extremists, the English Defence League, in Rochdale this past Saturday. From the report: “No serious offences were reported with the arrests made for public order offences, affray and being...
Lawyers representing a “significant number” of students who took part in protests against tuition fees have accused the Metropolitan Police of attempting to criminalise “a generation of political activists.” From the Guardian: “Hodge Jones & Allen, which specialises in protest...
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, yesterday delivered a speech in Luton on the subject of creating an open and confident society; the values which underpin it, and the role of government within it. The approach outlined in his speech toward extremism, multiculturalism and engagement with...
Damian Thompson saw fit yesterday to exploit the murder in Pakistan of Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan’s only Christian minister, to launch a tirade against Islam and the religion’s supposed persecution of Christians and the apparent failure of Christian leaders to speak out against such...
Ed West of the Telegraph makes an astonishing proposition in his blog, questioning whether the far right’s views on Islam and Muslims are really extreme, and even whether certain people and parties can be classed as ‘far-right’ at all. Commenting on the findings of a survey conducted on...
Searchlight Educational Trust last night released its report, “Fear and Hope” – the findings of which have been much talked about over the last few days (see the Observer, Daily Mail, Independent, and David Miliband’s article in the Guardian). In his foreword for the report, Jon...
